noun
dry area
A loanword from English, used in architectural or urban planning contexts to refer to a dry zone, often a sunken space beside a building to let light and air into a basement.
地下室の採光のためにドライエリアを設ける。
A dry area is installed to bring light into the basement.
Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some contexts.
Loanword from English 'dry area'.