area

noun7

1. •
   a district or any other particular part of the land
2. •
   Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

   • The photo is a little dark in that area.
3. •
   Penalty box; penalty area.
4. •
   The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.

   • The plans are a bit vague in that area.
5. •
   A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

   • It is about 4.5 million square kilometers in area and holds the world’s third largest collection of ice after Antarctica and Greenland. — 2018
6. •
   (slang, euphemistic) Genitals.

   • But what do I do when the third one runs at me with his bike helmet on? I got no more hands to protect my area! — 2003
7. •
   (UK) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.

   • 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. — 1790