Found 2 items, similar to Mezzanine.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mezzanine
mezzanine
n 1: first or lowest balcony [syn:
first balcony]
2: intermediate floor just above the ground floor [syn:
mezzanine floor
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mezzanine
Mezzanine
\Mez"za*nine\, n. [F. mezzanine, It. mezzanino, fr.
mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half. See
Mezzo.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) Same as
Entresol.
(b) A partial story which is not on the same level with
the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a
back building, where the floors are on a level with
landings of the staircase of the main house.
[1913 Webster]
2. A flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height
or level.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. Also
mezzanine floor. (Theat.) A floor under the stage, from
which various contrivances, as traps, are worked.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. The lowest balcony in a theater, or the forward part of
the first balcony.
[PJC]