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balcony

DEFINITIONS OF: balcony

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n a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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gallery
narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
amphitheater, amphitheatre
a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
choir loft
a gallery in a church occupied by the choir
organ loft
a gallery occupied by a church organ
Type of:
construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

n an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium

Types:
loge
balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine
first balcony, mezzanine
first or lowest balcony
Type of:
construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
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