A terraced slope or side of a hill has flat areas like steps cut into it, where crops or other plants can be grown.
terraced in British English
(ˈtɛrəst)
adjective
1.
having horizontal flat areas of ground
a terraced garden
2. British
(of a street) having a row of usually identical houses with common dividing walls
The kind of terraced streets where you can buy run-down property cheap, tart it upand make a modest killing.
3. British
(of a property) being one of a row of usually identical houses with common dividingwalls
Examples of 'terraced' in a sentence
terraced
There were bicycles and tufty lawns in the small front gardens of the terraced houses.
Richard Francis PROSPECT HILL (2003)
During my first week in the parish they invited me to a fish and chip supper at their little terraced house.
Secombe, Fred GOODBYE CURATE (2003)
They entered a bedroom with a view across terraced fields to the distant hills.
Leasor, James TANK OF SERPENTS (2003)
In other languages
terraced
British English: terraced /ˈtɛrəst/ ADJECTIVE
A terraced slope or side of a hill has flat areas like steps cut into it, where crops or other plants can be grown.
American English: terraced
Arabic: مُزَوَّدٌ بِشُرْفَة
Brazilian Portuguese: escalonado cultivo
Chinese: 梯状的
Croatian: nanizan
Czech: stupňovitý svah
Danish: terrasseret
Dutch: van terrassen voorzien
European Spanish: en bancales
Finnish: rivi-
French: en terrasses
German: terrassenförmig
Greek: με πεζούλι
Italian: a schiera
Japanese: テラスを設けた
Korean: 계단식의
Norwegian: terrasseformet
Polish: w zabudowie szeregowej
European Portuguese: ladeado
Romanian: terasat
Russian: террасированный
Latin American Spanish: adosado en hilera
Swedish: terrasserad
Thai: ทำให้ลดหลั่นเป็นชั้น
Turkish: sıra evler
Ukrainian: терасований
Vietnamese: theo dãy
All related terms of 'terraced'
terrace
A terrace is a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
terraced house
A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls .
terrace house
a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
townhouse
a terraced house in an urban area, esp a fashionable one, often having the main living room on the first floor with an integral garage on the ground floor
row house
A row house is one of a row of similar houses that are joined together by both of their side walls .