usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

[ Syn: patio ]

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

[ Syn: bench ]

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

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

[ Syn: terrasse ]

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