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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
terrace



ter·race [terrace terraces terraced terracing] BrE [ˈterəs] NAmE [ˈterəs] noun
1. countable (BrE) (often in the names of streets)a continuous row of similar houses that are joined together in one block
12 Albert Terrace
2. countable a flat, hard area, especially outside a house or restaurant, where you can sit, eat and enjoy the sun
a sun terrace
a roof terrace
All rooms have a balcony or terrace.
see also patio
3. terracesplural (BrE)the wide steps at a football ( ↑soccer ) ground where people can stand to watch the game
4. countable one of a series of flat areas of ground that are cut into the side of a hill like steps so that crops can be grown there

Word Origin:
early 16th cent. (denoting an open gallery, later a platform or balcony in a theatre): from Old French, literally ‘rubble, platform’, based on Latin terra ‘earth’.

Example Bank:
The dining room opens onto a garden terrace.
The hotel has a roof terrace overlooking the sea.
The villagers had dug terraces in the hillside.
There's a table free on the terrace.
Close to the villa is a big pool with a sun terrace around it.
It was a terrace of stone cottages.
The address is 15 Cambridge Terrace.
The houses were in long terraces, built in the nineteenth century.
The view from the roof terrace is spectacular.
They sold their house in Brunswick Terrace.

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