Thesaurus: area

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1. 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.
2. n. The inclosed space on which a building stands.
3. n. The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
4. n. An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
5. 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.
6. n. A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
7. n. Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
8. n. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
9. n. a subject of study
10. n. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
11. n. a particular environment or walk of life
12. n. a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function