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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a floor made of parquetry [syn: parquet, parquet floor]
2: seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (parqueted; parqueting) Date: 1678 1. to furnish with a floor of parquet 2. to make of parquetry II. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, small enclosure, from parc park Date: 1816 1. a. a patterned wood surface (as flooring or paneling); especially one made of parquetry b. parquetry 2. the main floor of a theater; specifically the part from the front of the stage to the parquet circle

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a flooring of wooden blocks arranged in a pattern. 2 US the stalls of a theatre. --v.tr. (parqueted; parqueting) furnish (a room) with a parquet floor. Etymology: F, = small compartment, floor, dimin. of parc PARK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parquet Par*quet", n. 1. In various European public bourses, the railed-in space within which the ``agents de change,'' or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them; -- distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market. 2. In most European countries, the branch of the administrative government which is charged with the prevention, investigation, and punishment of crime, representing the public and not the individual injured.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parquet Par*quet", n. [F. See Parquetry.] 1. A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit. 2. Same as Parquetry.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Parquet is a floor covering made of small rectangular blocks of wood fitted together in a pattern. ...the polished parquet floors. N-UNCOUNT: usu N n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Fr.] Pit, parterre.

Moby Thesaurus

auditorium, balcony, box, box seat, carpet, check, checker, checkerboard, checkerwork, chessboard, colors in patches, cover, crazy-work, deck, dress circle, earth, fauteuil, floor, floor covering, flooring, gallery, ground, harlequin, loge, marquetry, mosaic, nigger heaven, orchestra, orchestra circle, paradise, parquet circle, parquetry, parterre, patchwork, pave, pavement, paving, peanut gallery, pit, plaid, proscenium boxes, stall, standing room, surfacing, tartan, terra firma, tessellation, tesserae, theatre stall, variegated pattern