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Meaning of AREA

Pronunciation:  'ehreeu

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
  2. [n]  the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
  3. [n]  a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"
  4. [n]  a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."
  5. [n]  a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
  6. [n]  a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
 

AREA is a 4 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: arena, country, domain, expanse, field, orbit, region, sphere, surface area
 
 See Also: acreage, aisle, anchorage, anchorage ground, area of cardiac dullness, arena, areola, auditorium, balk, baulk, bedground, bema, Bermuda Triangle, blank space, block, body part, box, broadcast area, bullpen, center, centre, chancel, choir, city block, clear, cleavage, construction, corner, corner, cortical area, cortical region, danger, dining area, disaster area, distaff, environment, epigastrium, erasure, erogenous zone, extent, eye, family circle, fireside, fovea, fovea centralis, free port, free zone, front, goalmouth, gray area, grey area, groin, half-moon, hangout, haunt, heart, hearth, hideaway, holiday resort, hunting ground, hypochondrium, inguen, issue, kingdom, land, land area, lap, layby, lay-by, loins, lunula, lunule, macula, macula lutea, macular area, matter, middle, middle, midriff, midsection, nave, no man's land, no-go area, no-man's-land, nook, open, orchestra pit, palm, parafovea, patio, peanut gallery, perineum, pit, place, plane section, playground, political arena, political sphere, preserve, press gallery, province, pubes, pubic region, pull-off, quad, quadrangle, quadrant, quick, realm, refuge, region, repair, resort, responsibility, rest area, rest stop, retreat, retreat, ring of color, room, Sachsen, safety, sanctuary, Saxe, Saxony, scene, second balcony, section, shrubbery, side, sole, space, space, staging area, stamping ground, storage space, structure, subject, tank farm, terrace, territory, thenar, threshing floor, topic, turnaround, upper balcony, vacation spot, waist, waistline, winner's circle, yellow spot

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A"re*a\ ([=a]"r[-e]*[.a]; 277), n.; pl. {Areas} (-[.a]z) .
[L. area a broad piece of level ground. Cf. {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.                    --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. (Geom.) 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. (Biol.) 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}.
 
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