BALCONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balcony mean? 

• BALCONY (noun)
  The noun BALCONY has 2 senses:

1. an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium

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

  Familiarity information: BALCONY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALCONY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("balcony" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Meronyms (parts of "balcony"):

box; loge (private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance)

family circle; peanut gallery; second balcony; upper balcony (rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats)

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

loge (balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine)

first balcony; mezzanine (first or lowest balcony)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("balcony" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Meronyms (parts of "balcony"):

balusters; balustrade; banister; bannister; handrail (a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling)

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

gallery (narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade)

 Context examples 

Since then I've begun to feel that the moonlight walks, balcony talks, and daily adventures were something more to him than fun.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was evident that up to lately there had been a large notice-board in front of the balcony; it had, however, been roughly torn away, the uprights which had supported it still remaining.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

One night he went to the theatre, on the blind chance that he might see her there, and from the second balcony he did see her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

After this digression he proceeded—I remained in the balcony.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

At last he came out; and then I saw my own Dora hang up the bird-cage, and peep into the balcony to look for me, and run in again when she saw I was there, while Jip remained behind, to bark injuriously at an immense butcher's dog in the street, who could have taken him like a pill.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Behind the rails of the balcony I saw there were some loose boards, whose raw edges looked white.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Our rooms are on the Rue de Rivoli, and sitting on the balcony, we look up and down the long, brilliant street.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Continuing then to pursue his walk in silence, I ventured to recall him to the point whence he had abruptly diverged—"Did you leave the balcony, sir," I asked, "when Mdlle. Varens entered?"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I was just beginning to stifle with the fumes of conservatory flowers and sprinkled essences, when I bethought myself to open the window and step out on to the balcony.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The balcony was furnished with a chair or two; I sat down, and took out a cigar,—I will take one now, if you will excuse me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)