patio

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An outdoor space for dining or recreation that adjoins a residence and is often paved.
• noun A roofless inner courtyard, typically found in Spanish and Spanish-style dwellings.

from The Century Dictionary.

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

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Metal) 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.
• noun In Spain, Spanish America, etc., a court or courtyard of a house or other building; esp., an inner court open to the sky.
• noun A usually paved area adjacent to a dwelling, used for outdoor lounging, dining, receptions of guests, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
• noun An inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence