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 inclosed space on which a building stands.-the sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.-an extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.-the superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.-a spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.-extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.