1 [C] (BrE) (often in the names of streets) a continuous row of similar houses that are joined together in one block:
12 Albert Terrace
2 [C] a flat, hard area, especially outside a house or restaurant, where you can sit, eat and enjoy the sun:
a sun terrace * a roof terrace * All rooms have a balcony or terrace.
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3 (terraces) [pl.] (BrE) the wide steps at a football ground where people can stand to watch the game
4 [C] 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
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