area
suomi-englanti sanakirjaarea englannista suomeksi
alue
ala, piiri
aihe
seutu
pinta-ala
area englanniksi
surly
irascible
cranky, peevish, pettish
churlish
morose
grumpy
A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
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- It is about 4.5 million square kilometers in area and holds the world’s third largest collection of ice after Antarctica and Greenland. is about 4.5 million square kilometers in area.ogg
A particular geographic region.
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
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An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings. (defdate)
*1790, (w), ''Julia'', Routledge 2016, p. 95:
- A boy seized it, whom she bribed with a shilling to relinquish his prize, which she was taking home, when it escaped from her hand, and fell down the area of a house.
1853, Dickens|Charles Dickens, ''Bleak House'', ch 4:
- This was so favourably received by the milkman and beadle that he would immediately have been pushed into the area if I had not held his pinafore while Richard and Mr. Guppy ran down through the kitchen to catch him when he should be released.
1908, Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans":
- A minute later we were both in the area. Hardly had we reached the dark shadows before the step of the policeman was heard in the fog above. As its soft rhythm died away, Holmes set to work upon the lower door. I saw him stoop and strain until with a sharp crash it flew open. We sprang through into the dark passage, closing the area door behind us.
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sand (gloss)
sand (collectively)
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(l):
a particular geographic region.
any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
an open space for games, an open play-ground
a floor
(obsolete spelling of)
area; a measure of squared distance.