terrace
noun/ˈterəs/
/ˈterəs/
- [countable] (British English) (often in the names of streets) a continuous row of similar houses that are joined together in one block
- 12 Albert Terrace
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc2, Buildingsc2- It was a terrace of stone cottages.
- The houses were in long terraces, built in the nineteenth century.
- They sold their house in Brunswick Terrace.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- two-storey/two-story
- three-storey/three-story
- …
- home
- house
- property
- …
- in a/the terrace
- a terrace of houses
- [countable] a flat, hard area, especially outside a house or restaurant, where you can sit, eat and enjoy the sun
- Close to the villa is a big pool with a sun terrace around it.
- The view from the roof terrace is spectacular.
- All rooms have a balcony or terrace.
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensc1- The dining room opens onto a garden terrace.
- There's a table free on the terrace.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- covered
- outdoor
- shaded
- …
- open onto
- overlook something
- garden
- bar
- cafe
- …
- on a/the terrace
- terraces[plural] (British English) (at some football (soccer) grounds, especially in the past) the wide steps where people can stand to watch the gameTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
- [countable] one of a series of flat areas of ground that are cut into the side of a hill like steps so that crops can be grown there
- The villagers had dug terraces in the hillside.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting an open gallery, later a platform or balcony in a theatre): from Old French, literally ‘rubble, platform’, based on Latin terra ‘earth’.
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