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parterre


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parquet  circle  \Parquet  circle\ 
  That  part  of  the  lower  floor  of  a  theater  with  seats  at  the 
  rear  of  the  parquet  and  beneath  the  galleries;  --  called 
  also  esp.  in  U.  S.,  {orchestra  circle}  or  {parterre}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parterre  \Par*terre"\,  n.  [F.,  fr  par  on  by  (L.  per)+terre 
  earth,  ground,  L.  terra.  See  {Terrace}.] 
  1.  (Hort.)  An  ornamental  and  diversified  arrangement  of  beds 
  or  plots,  in  which  flowers  are  cultivated,  with 
  intervening  spaces  of  gravel  or  turf  for  walking  on 
 
  2.  The  pit  of  a  theater;  the  parquet.  [France] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parterre 
  n  1:  an  ornamental  flower  garden;  beds  and  paths  are  arranged  to 
  form  a  pattern 
  2:  at  the  rear  of  the  main  floor  (beneath  the  balconies)  [syn: 
  {parquet  circle}] 




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