balcony
Americannoun
plural
balconies-
a balustraded or railed elevated platform projecting from the wall of a building.
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a gallery in a theater.
noun
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a platform projecting from the wall of a building with a balustrade or railing along its outer edge, often with access from a door or window
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a gallery in a theatre or auditorium, above the dress circle
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any circle or gallery in a theatre or auditorium including the dress circle
Other Word Forms
- balconied adjective
- unbalconied adjective
Etymology
Origin of balcony
1610–20; < Italian balcone balcony, floor-length window < Langobardic (compare Old High German balc ( h ) o, accusative singular balcon beam; balk ); sense extended from the beam over an aperture to the aperture itself
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Example Sentences
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She often thought of home: her husband and daughter, her small garden and the birds she fed daily with seeds and oranges from her balcony.
From Los Angeles Times
"He fell transiting from one part of the balcony to the living room," Sufi said, declining to elaborate on Mahathir's condition.
From Barron's
From mazes of cubicles to plentiful lush balconies, office designers keep re-envisioning spaces to support our professional lives.
"The balcony of my home overlooks the sea," he says, pointing to it.
From BBC
Wooden balconies above the bar were bleached white from the heat, and several trees outside were scorched of all their leaves.
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