terrace
noun
[ ˈtɛrəs ]
• a level paved area next to a building; a patio.
• "breakfast is served on the terrace"
• each of a series of flat areas made on a slope, used for cultivation.
• a row of houses built in one block in a uniform style.
• "an attractive Regency terrace"
terrace
verb
• make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.
• "the slope had to be terraced"
Origin:
early 16th century (denoting an open gallery, later a platform or balcony in a theatre): from Old French, literally ‘rubble, platform’, based on Latin terra ‘earth’.
