- a level surface or piece of ground
- a part of the earth's surface; region; tract
- the measure of a bounded region on a plane or of the surface of a solid
- a yard of a building
- a part of a house, lot, district, city, etc. having a specific use or character: dining area, play area, commercial area
- a part of any surface, as of an organism, or a particular zone, as of the cerebral cortex
- scope or extent, as of an operation
Origin of area
L, vacant place, courtyard, probably (in sense “arid, bare place”) from arere, to be dry: see ash
