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S: (n) patio, terrace (usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence)
S: (n) terrace, bench (a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below))

S: (n) mesa, table (flat tableland with steep edges) "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"
S: (n) terrace, bench (a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below))
S: (n) Laurentian Plateau, Laurentian Highlands, Canadian Shield (a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean)
S: (n) Ardennes (a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II)
S: (n) Nejd, Najd (a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
S: (n) Guiana Highlands (a mountainous tableland in northern South America; extends from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil)
S: (n) Cambrian Mountains (a rugged plateau that runs north to south through central Wales)
S: (n) Colorado Plateau (a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner)
S: (n) Llano Estacado (a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains)
S: (n) Massif Central (a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country)

S: (n) terrace (a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)) "Grosvenor Terrace"

S: (v) terrace, terrasse (provide (a house) with a terrace) "We terrassed the country house"
S: (v) terrace (make into terraces as for cultivation) "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"

S: (v) shape, form (give shape or form to) "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"

S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"