terrace

noun

  1. 1

    usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

  2. 2

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

    Grosvenor Terrace

  3. 3

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

verb

  1. 1

    make into terraces as for cultivation

    The Incas terraced their mountainous land

  2. 2

    provide (a house) with a terrace

    We terrassed the country house

Synonyms

Also useful for “terrace”:Unscrambler