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