terrace

Universal Words noun 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. seealsoPATIO 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