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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
terrace .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the afternoon of the fifth day they drew rein on a high, shelving, terracelike stretch of ground overlooking a broad valley, and almost opposite the chief Tewana village which nestled at the foot of the
When Dreams Come True Ritter Brown
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It comes down out of the clouds in a succession of rounded, colossal, terracelike projections, -- a stairway for the gods; at its head spring several lofty storm-scarred towers, one after another, with faint films of vapor curling always about them like spectral banners.
A Tramp Abroad 1879
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It comes down out of the clouds in a succession of rounded, colossal, terracelike projections -- a stairway for the gods; at its head spring several lofty storm-scarred towers, one after another, with faint films of vapor curling always about them like spectral banners.
A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 Mark Twain 1872
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