terrace

Noun

• a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
  • Grosvenor Terrace
    

• a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

• usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

Verb

• make into terraces as for cultivation
  • The Incas terraced their mountainous land
    

• provide (a house) with a terrace
  • We terrassed the country house
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bench , patio , terrasse