balcony
noun/ˈbælkəni/
/ˈbælkəni/
(plural balconies)
- a platform that is built on the upstairs outside wall of a building, with a wall or rail around it. You can get out onto a balcony from an upstairs room.
- We had drinks on the hotel balcony.
- an area of seats upstairs in a theatre see also circle, first balconyTopics Film and theatrec2
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian balcone, probably ultimately of Germanic origin.
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