What does the word area mean?

Usage examples for area

  1. It is often wise to start with a search word that is so 'narrow' that it is unlikely to find articles outside your area of interest. – The Online World by Odd de Presno
  2. It embraced nearly a million square miles, or more than the whole of the area of the Union as it then was; and fifteen millions of dollars were paid to France in exchange for it. – The Nation in a Nutshell by George Makepeace Towle
  3. Antoinette stopped at the area gate of a house in a fine open street. – A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner