area
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
area/ˈeəriə/
▶noun
- 1 a region or part of a town, country, etc.
■ a space allocated for a specific use: the dining area.
■ a part of an object or surface.
- 2 a subject or range of activity.
- 3 the extent or measurement of a surface.
- 4 a sunken enclosure giving access to a basement.
– derivatives
areal adjective.
areal adjective.
– origin C16: from L., lit. ‘vacant piece of level ground’.
'area' also found in these Oxford entries:
about
- abroad
- abscess
- abundance
- accent
- acre
- acre-foot
- airfield
- airhead
- airside
- air traffic control
- -alia
- alley
- alp
- amusement arcade
- amusement park
- anchorage
- aponeurosis
- apron
- Arctogaean
- are
- area code
- area dean
- arena
- areola
- areole
- attaché
- Austronesian
- backbone
- backfield
- backland
- backline
- backlot
- backstage
- backstop
- backyard
- bailiwick
- bakehouse
- ballpark
- band
- Barcoo
- barn
- barrage
- base hospital
- basement
- basin
- baulk
- bawn
- bay
