Terrace

n. porch, paved outdoor area; flat roof; flat section of earth with sloping sides

v. construct a porch, build a patio or deck; create many narrow flat levels in a hillside (for agriculture or to prevent erosion)

A terrace may refer to:Terrace (agriculture), a leveled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed to slow or prevent the rapid run-on of irrigation water (see also Lynchet).Terrace deposit or Stream terrace, sediment from an old stream, usually in an elevated aspect relative to the current streamwayTerrace (gardening), an element where a raised flat paved or gravelled section overlooks a prospectTerraced house, a style of housing where identical individual houses are cojoined into rowsTerrace (building) outdoor section of a house in an apartment buildingTerrace (stadium) standing spectator areas, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland, or the sloping portion of the outfield in a baseball stadium, not necessarily for seating, but for practical or decorative purposes. See List of terraces at baseball venues for some baseball examples.St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, prestigious Brisbane boys college located on Gregory Terrace.Terrace melodic motion in music.Tone terracing in phonetics.Terrace is often included as part of street names. The most common usage is for streets that are cul-de-sacs, however this is not a universal rule.
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Noun
1. usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
(synonym) patio
(hypernym) area
(hyponym) suntrap, solar trap
(part-holonym) garden
(derivation) terrasse
2. a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
(synonym) bench
(hypernym) tableland, plateau
3. a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"
(hypernym) row
(member-meronym) terraced house
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Verb
1. provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"
(synonym) terrasse
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) patio
(classification) architecture
2. make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
(hypernym) shape, form
(derivation) bench

(v.)
A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
  

(v.)
A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
  

(v.)
A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
  

(v.)
A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
  

(v.)
A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
  

(v. t.)
To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.
  

A steplike feature between higher and lower ground; a relatively flat or gently inclined shelf of earth, backed and fronted by steep slopes or manmade retaining walls. (DOI4)