Terrace may refer to:

Landforms and construction

Fluvial terrace Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a "tread", separated from either an adjacent floodplain, other fluvial te ...

, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river * Terrace, a

street suffix A street suffix is the part of a street or road name that describes what type of road it is. Examples include "street", "avenue", "lane", "highway", and "drive". As they are commonly repeated between roads, they are often Abbreviation, abbreviat ...

* Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk and the street *

Terrace (earthworks) In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming. This type of landscaping is therefore ...

, a leveled surface built into the landscape for agriculture or salt production *

Terrace (building) A terrace is an external, raised, open, flat area in either a landscape (such as a park or garden) near a building, or as a roof terrace on a flat roof. Ground terraces Terraces are used primarily for leisure activity such as sitting, stroll ...

, a raised flat platform *

Terrace garden In gardening, a terrace is an element where a raised flat paved or gravelled section overlooks a prospect. A raised terrace keeps a house dry and provides a transition between the hardscape and the softscape. History ;Persia Since a level si ...

, an element where a raised flat paved or gravelled section overlooks a prospect *

Terrace (geology) In geology, a terrace is a step-like landform. A terrace consists of a flat or gently sloping geomorphic surface, called a tread, that is typically bounded on one side by a steeper ascending slope, which is called a "riser" or "scarp". The tread ...

, a step-like landform that borders a shoreline or river floodplain *

Terraced house In architecture and city planning, a terrace or terraced house ( UK) or townhouse ( US) is a form of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, whereby a row of attached dwellings share side walls. In the United State ...

, a style of housing where identical individual houses are cojoined into rows * Terrace, the

roof A roof ( : roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temper ...

of a building, especially one accessible to the residents for various purposes * Terrace, a

sidewalk cafe The SideWalk Cafe was a music venue and restaurant/cafe in East Village, New York City founded in 1985. It became a known venue for its underground music scene, and in particular, was known as being the center for Anti-folk in the United Stat ...

Terrace (stadium) A terrace or terracing in sporting terms refers to the standing area of a sports stadium, particularly in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It is a series of concrete steps, with intermittent safety barriers installed at specific loca ...

, standing spectator areas, especially in Europe and South America, or the sloping portion of the outfield in a baseball stadium, not necessarily for seating, but for practical or decorative purposes *

Terraced wall A terraced wall, also a terrace wall, or a terraced retaining wall is a wall that is divided into sections ( terraces) over a slope. Such designs are useful when building on a steep grade. Terraced walls may be built with many different material ...

, a wall which is divided into sections, as in, is not a single wall; they are terraced.

Places

Settlements

Terrace, British Columbia Terrace is a city located near the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. The community is the regional retail and service hub for the northwestern portion of British Columbia. With a current population of over 12,000 within municipal boundarie ...

, a community in Canada *

Terrace, Utah Terrace is a ghost town in the Great Salt Lake Desert in west-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. Description The town was established April 1, 1869, as a Central Pacific Railroad "division point" (operations base), on the route of ...

, a ghost town in the Great Salt Lake Desert, US

Other places

* Mutual Street Arena, a defunct ice rink in Toronto, Canada, later a roller-skating rink called The Terrace *

St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace , motto_translation = To serve God is to be wise , address = 285 Gregory Terrace , city = Brisbane , state = Queensland , postcode = 4000 , country = Australia , ...

, or just Terrace, a private Christian Brothers school in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia *

Terrace F. Club Princeton Terrace Club is one of eleven current eating clubs at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Terrace Club was founded in 1904 and is located at 62 Washington Road. It is the sole Princeton eating club located off P ...

, a Princeton University eating club *

Terraces (Bahá'í) Terrace may refer to: Landforms and construction * Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river * Terrace, a street suffix * Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk a ...

, garden terraces at the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel *

The Terrace, Barnes The Terrace is a street in Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It forms part of the A3003, and runs west from its junction with Barnes High Street and Lonsdale Road to the east, where it becomes Mortlake High Street. Only ...

, a street in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, UK *

The Terrace (Greensboro, North Carolina) The Greensboro Coliseum Complex, commonly referred to as Greensboro Coliseum (the first and biggest building on the site), is an entertainment and sports complex located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Opened in 1959, the complex holds eight venu ...

, a facility at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, US *

The Terrace (Somerville College, Oxford) Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. Among its alumnae have been Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Hodgkin, Ir ...

, a café and bar at the University of Oxford, UK

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Terrace, a dome from the video game '' Super Mario Galaxy'' * ''Terrace'' (board game), an abstract strategy game played on a terraced board * Terrace melodic motion in music * '' The Terrace'', a 1963 Argentine film * ''

The Terrace, 1909 ''The Terrace, 1909'' is a landscape painting by Milly Childers showing the members' terrace of the Palace of Westminster with its view of the River Thames looking towards Lambeth Bridge. It is held by the Parliamentary Art Collection. Painted b ...

'', a painting by Milly Childers

Other uses

* Tone terracing in phonetics

People with the name

Given name

Terrace Marshall Jr. Terrace Marshall Jr. (born June 9, 2000) is an American football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU, and was drafted by the Panthers in the second round of the 2021 NF ...

(born 2000), American football player * Terrace Martin (born 1978), American rap musician

Surname

Herbert S. Terrace Herbert S. Terrace (born 29 November 1936) is a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. His work covers a broad set of research interests that include behaviorism, animal cognition, ape language and the evolution of langua ...

(born 1936), American psychologist *

Michael Terrace Michael Terrace (born Michael Santiago Gutierrez; December 31, 1926 in Spanish Harlem, New York City) is a retired ballroom and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, actor, dance consultant, and writer. His stage and subsequent dance career spans a ...

(born 1926), American dancer