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Terrace vs Roof - What's the difference?

terrace | roof |

As nouns the difference between terrace and roof

is that terrace is a platform that extends outwards from a building while roof is the cover at the top of a building.

As verbs the difference between terrace and roof

is that terrace is to provide something with a terrace while roof is to cover or furnish with a roof.

As proper nouns the difference between terrace and roof

is that terrace is a city in British Columbia, Canada while Roof is a Chinese constellation located near Aquarius and Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

terrace

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A platform that extends outwards from a building.
  • *
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace , explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
  • A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
  • A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
  • (in the plural, chiefly, British) The standing area at a football ground.
  • (chiefly, Indian English) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

    • Related terms

    * terra * terracotta * terrain * terrene * terrestrial * terrier * territorial * territory

    See also

    * (l)

    Verb

    (terrac)
  • To provide something with a terrace.
  • To form something into a terrace.

    • Anagrams

    *

    roof

    English

    (wikipedia roof)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The cover at the top of a building.
  • * , chapter=1
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
  • * 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph'', ''The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
    • The very first sound that you’ll hear on the roof / (Provided there’s fog) will be Rudolph’s small hoof.
  • The upper part of a cavity.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=John Sinnott, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Aston Villa 2-0 Wigan , passage=As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.}}
  • (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

    • Usage notes

    * The plural rooves'' is uncommon and is considered by some to be incorrect, though it is parallel to more common plurals like ''hooves'' and ''staves. * In referring to the top of a building, refers both to the object itself (“the roof was blown off in the tornado”) and to the location of being on the roof (“it can be dangerous to go on the roof to fix the antenna”). In the later sense (of “location”) it is often used attributively, largely interchangeably with rooftop.

    Synonyms

    * (cover at top of building) , thatch * (in a cavity)

    Derived terms

    * barrel roof * built-up roof * burn the roof * coach roof * hip roof * hit the roof * mansard roof * raise the roof * rooftop * rooftree * shed roof * single-ply roof * steep-slope roof * sunroof * through the roof

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or furnish with a roof.

    • Derived terms

    * roofer * unroof