[ˈtɛrɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a level paved area next to a building; a patio
(e.g: breakfast is served on the terrace)

- each of a series of flat areas made on a slope, used for cultivation

- a row of houses built in one block in a uniform style
(e.g: an attractive Regency terrace)


Phrases:

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

[ˈtɛrɪs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps
(e.g: the slope had to be terraced)


Phrases:

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