terrace

usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

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

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"

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