Meaning & use
terraced
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Arranged in a series of flat, raised levels, or built in a connected row along a slope or street.
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Farmers cut terraced fields into the hillside to grow rice.
They live in a small terraced house near the town center.
A note on using this word
In British English, 'terraced house' refers to one of a row of identical houses joined by shared walls, a common housing style.
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