SEATING AREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seating area mean? 

• SEATING AREA (noun)
  The noun SEATING AREA has 1 sense:

1. an area that includes places where several people can sit

  Familiarity information: SEATING AREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEATING AREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An area that includes places where several people can sit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

seating; seating area; seating room; seats

Context example:

there is seating for 40 students in this classroom

Hypernyms ("seating area" is a kind of...):

elbow room; room; way (space for movement)

Meronyms (members of "seating area"):

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seating area"):

circle; dress circle (a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra)

orchestra (seating on the main floor in a theater)

parquet (seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle)

parquet circle; parterre (seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies))

ringside; ringside seat (first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring)

stall (seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater)

tiered seat (seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front)