Terrace - Definition and Overview

A terrace is:

• In agriculture, a levelled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed to slow or prevent the rapid run-off of irrigation water. See Terrace (agriculture).
• In gardening, an element where a raised flat paved or gravelled section overlooks a prospect. See Terrace (gardening).
• In geology, a geologic deposits, or sediment, from an old stream, usually in an elevated aspect relative to the current streamway. See Terrace deposit.
• In architecture, a paved unroofed space adjoining a building or a style of housing where identical individual houses are cojoined into rows. See Terraced house.
• The spectator areas of a stadium, especially in the United Kingdom. See Stadium.
• A community in the province of British Columbia in Canada. See Terrace, British Columbia.
• An abstract strategy board game. See Terrace (board game).