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balcony
balcony /ˈbælkəni/ noun (plural balconies) [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Italian
 Origin: balcone
1. a structure that you can stand on, that is attached to the outside wall of a building, above ground level:
    Has your flat got a balcony?
2. the seats upstairs at a theatre ⇨ stalls