terrace

nouns

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"
domain region
a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
is a type of (narrower)
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
"a row of chairs"

verbs

provide (a house) with a terrace
"We terrassed the country house"
make into terraces as for cultivation
"The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
is a type of (narrower)
give shape or form to
"shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"