S: (n) area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function) "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
S: (n) aisle (part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns)
S: (n) auditorium (the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits)
S: (n) baggage claim (an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft)
S: (n) box (any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned) "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"
S: (n) breakfast area, breakfast nook (a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen)) "the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats"
S: (n) bullpen (a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game)
S: (n) chancel, sanctuary, bema (area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing)
S: (n) choir (the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave)
S: (n) corner, nook (an interior angle formed by two meeting walls) "a piano was in one corner of the room"
S: (n) court, courtyard (an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings) "the house was built around an inner court"
S: (n) Ardennes (a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II)
S: (n) Nejd, Najd (a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
S: (n) Guiana Highlands (a mountainous tableland in northern South America; extends from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil)
S: (n) Colorado Plateau (a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner)
S: (n) Llano Estacado (a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains)
S: (n) Massif Central (a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country)