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MEZZANINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mezzanine mean?
• MEZZANINE (noun)
The noun MEZZANINE has 2 senses:
2. intermediate floor just above the ground floor
Familiarity information: MEZZANINE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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