area

area is a Noun

Definition:

[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. Addison.

[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] 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] 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. F. Harrison. Dry area. See under Dry.