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TER-uh-s/ˈterəs/

A terrace can be a row of joined houses (a terraced house is one of them) or a paved outdoor sitting area behind a house or café. US row house is close to the housing sense. A semi is joined on one side only. Collocation: a Victorian terrace; sit on the terrace. Countable.

Meaning

A row of houses joined together; also a paved outdoor sitting area.

Examples

• “They live in a terrace two streets back from the high street.”
• “Parking is tight on that terrace because everyone has a wheelie bin out.”
• “We had coffee on the terrace at the back, away from the main road.”

Good to know

a terrace: joined houses in a row, or a paved outdoor space. Contrast: a semi / a detached house. US housing: a row house.

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