Dictionary definition · terrace
noun
- usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)"Grosvenor Terrace"
verb
- provide (a house) with a terrace"We terrassed the country house"
- make into terraces as for cultivation"The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).