patio

noun

An outdoor space for dining or recreation that adjoins a residence and is often paved.

A roofless inner courtyard, typically found in Spanish and Spanish-style dwellings.

In Spain and Spanish-American countries, a court or inclosure connected with a house, and open to the sky.

A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation.

In Spain, Spanish America, etc., a court or courtyard of a house or other building; esp., an inner court open to the sky.