- upper balcony
- nounrearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats• Syn: ↑second balcony, ↑family circle, ↑peanut gallery• Hypernyms: ↑area• Part Holonyms: ↑balcony
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Balcony — (from Italian balcone , scaffold; cf. High German balcho , beam, balk; probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه bālkāneh or its older variant پالكانه pālkāneh [ Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary] ), a kind of platform projecting from the wall of a… … Wikipedia
balcony — [bal′kə nē] n. pl. balconies [It balcone < Langobardic * balko , akin to OHG balcho, beam: for IE base see BALK] 1. a platform projecting from the wall of an upper floor of a building and enclosed by a railing 2. an upper floor of rows of… … English World dictionary
balcony — ► NOUN (pl. balconies) 1) an enclosed platform on the outside of a building, with access from an upper floor window or door. 2) the highest tier of seats in a theatre or cinema. DERIVATIVES balconied adjective. ORIGIN Italian balcone … English terms dictionary
balcony — balconied, adj. /bal keuh nee/, n., pl. balconies. 1. a balustraded or railed elevated platform projecting from the wall of a building. 2. a gallery in a theater. [1610 20; < It balcone balcony, floor length window < Langobardic (cf. OHG balc(h)o … Universalium
balcony — noun 1) the balcony of the hotel Syn: veranda, terrace, balustrade, patio 2) the applause from the balcony Syn: gallery, dress circle, loge, upper tier, upper deck; choir loft; informal gods … Thesaurus of popular words
balcony */ — UK [ˈbælkənɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms balcony : singular balcony plural balconies 1) a place where you can stand just outside an upper window. It sticks out from the wall of a building. 2) theatre an upper floor in a theatre or cinema… … English dictionary
Upper deck — Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. [1913 Webster] Note: The following are the more… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
balcony — bal|co|ny [ bælkəni ] noun count * 1. ) a place where you can stand just outside an upper window. It sticks out from the wall of a building. 2. ) an upper floor in a theater that sticks out over the main floor ─ compare CIRCLE, STALL1 5 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
balcony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gallery, loggia, porch, portico; tier, loge, mezzanine, dress circle; peanut gallery, paradise (both sl.). See drama, receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gallery, catwalk, mezzanine, loge, balustrade … English dictionary for students
balcony — n 1. porch, veranda, terrace, loggia, portico, Chiefly New Eng. and Southern U.S. piazza. 2. gallery, loge, boxes, upper circle; cheap seats, Inf. peanut gallery … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
