Topic: BUILDINGS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | 'pile of earth, terrace', from Old Provençal terrassa, from Latin terra 'earth, land' |
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ter‧race
[countable]
[countable]1 a row of houses that are joined to each other, or a street with one of these rows in it
houses
British EnglishAATTR2 a flat outdoor area next to a building or on a roof, where you can sit outside to eat, relax etc
place you can sit
TBB3 the wide steps that the people watching a football match can stand on
football
the terraces
[plural] British EnglishDSF4 one of a series of flat areas cut out of a hill like steps, and used to grow crops
flat land
TA —terracing noun [uncountable] football terracing
football terracing