Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

mezzaninemore about mezzanine

mezzanine


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mezzanine  \Mez"za*nine\,  n.  [F.  mezzanine,  It  mezzanino,  fr 
  mezzano  middle,  fr  mezzo  middle,  half.  See  {Mezzo}.]  (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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mezzanine  \Mez"za*nine\,  n. 
  1.  A  flooring  laid  over  a  floor  to  bring  it  up  to  some  height 
  or  level. 
 
  2.  Also 
 
  {mezzanine  floor}.  (Theat.)  A  floor  under  the  stage,  from 
  which  various  contrivances,  as  traps,  are  worked 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mezzanine 
  n  1:  the  first  or  lowest  balcony  [syn:  {first  balcony}] 
  2:  an  intermediate  floor  just  above  the  ground  floor  [syn:  {mezzanine 
  floor}] 




more about mezzanine