n.
- a level paved area adjoining a building.
- each of a series of flat areas on a slope, used for cultivation.
▸Brit. a flight of wide, shallow steps providing standing room for spectators in a stadium.
▸Geology a natural horizontal shelf-like formation, such as a raised beach.
- Brit. a row of houses built in one block in a uniform style.
v.
make or form (sloping land) into terraces.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from OFr., lit. ‘rubble, platform’, based on L. terra ‘earth’.