terrace
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Definition
A flat outdoor area, often on a building or raised above ground, used for relaxing or social activities. It can also mean a flat section of land, like steps on a hillside.
Usage & Nuances
Common for house or apartment features, restaurants ('rooftop terrace'), or describing landscape steps ('terraced fields'). More formal than 'patio' in some contexts. Not the same as 'balcony' (which always projects from a wall).
Example Sentences
The restaurant has a large terrace overlooking the sea.
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Flowers grow along the edge of the terrace.
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Let's have dinner out on the terrace tonight—it's beautiful weather.
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Her apartment has a tiny terrace, just big enough for one chair.
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The hillside was shaped into terraces to plant rice.
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We drank coffee on the terrace this morning.
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