Area
Area (ā"re*ȧ; 277) , noun
[Latin area a broad piece of level ground. Compare Are, n.]
1.
Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
The Alban lake... looks like the area of some vast amphitheater.
2.
The inclosed space on which a building stands.
3.
The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
4.
An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
5.
(Geometry) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
6.
(Biology) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
7.
Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
The largest area of human history and man's common nature.
Collocations (1)
Dry area , See under Dry.