MEZZANINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mezzanine mean? 

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

1. first or lowest balcony

2. intermediate floor just above the ground floor

  Familiarity information: MEZZANINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEZZANINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

First or lowest balcony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

first balcony; mezzanine

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

balcony (an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium)

Meronyms (parts of "mezzanine"):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Intermediate floor just above the ground floor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

entresol; mezzanine; mezzanine floor

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

floor; level; storey; story (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale)