balcony

n. porch, elevated platform projecting from the side of a building and surrounded by a railing

Balcony (from Italian balcone, scaffold; cf. High German balcho, beam, balk; probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه bālkāneh or its older variant پالكانه pālkāneh ), a kind of platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade. The traditional Maltese balcony, is a wooden closed balcony projecting from a wall.
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Noun
1. an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) loge
(part-meronym) box, loge
2. a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) gallery
(part-meronym) bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail

(n.)
A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
  

(n.)
A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.
  

For lovers to dream of making sad adieus on a balcony, long and perhaps final separation may follow. Balcony also denotes unpleasant news of absent friends.