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terraces

noun as in plateau

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On sunny days you can take advantage of two terraces with Pacific views that are almost too good to be true.

Neither are there any terraces and verandahs adorned with elegant trellis-work and flowers, as there are in other warm countries.

The houses rise in terraces up the sharp hillside fronting the harbor, which was literally a forest of fishing-boat masts.

Holland and England therefore had for him an attraction which was wanting to the galleries and terraces of Versailles.

At first sight it may seem rather a fine distinction to separate torrents from rivers by the presence or absence of terraces.

In times of flood, the walls of the terraces compel the tide to flow over the tops of these accumulations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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