mezzanine
IPA: mˈɛzʌnin
noun
- (architecture)
- An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
- (by extension) An apartment, room, etc., on such an intermediate floor.
- (Canada, US) The lowest balcony in an auditorium, cinema, theatre, etc.; the dress circle.
- (obsolete)
- Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
- In full mezzanine window: a small window at the height of a mezzanine floor (sense 1.1) or an attic, used to light these floors.
- (theater, obsolete) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.
verb
- (transitive) To fit (a building or other place) with a mezzanine floor.
adjective
- (banking, business) Characteristic of or relating to high-interest loans which have no collateral, and are regarded as intermediate in nature, ranking above equity but below secured loans.
- (engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.
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Examples of "mezzanine" in Sentences
- Fare control is in the mezzanine.
- It has an area of mezzanine level.
- And then there may be mezzanine floors.
- The floor of the mezzanine is concrete.
- There is a crossunder to the tile mezzanine.
- The mezzanine is at the center of the station.
- The laboratories are on the ground and the mezzanine floors.
- The second mezzanine was similar to the first floor mezzanine.
- The lobby and mezzanine level are as elaborately designed as the auditorium.
- The station has a crossover in the mezzanine along with an active newsstand.
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