(1):
(n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
(2):
(n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
(3):
(n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
(4):
(n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
(5):
(n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
(6):
(n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands.
(7):
(n.) 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.