Parquet

//ˈpɑːkeɪ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.

    "That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens."

  2. 2
    seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle wordnet
  3. 3
    The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
  4. 4
    a floor made of parquetry wordnet
  5. 5
    In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate. historical
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  1. 6
    In some European bourses or stock exchanges, 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. historical
Verb
  1. 1
    To lay or fit such a floor. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
parquetryasphaltauditoriumbalconyboxbox seat

Example

More examples

"Take those football boots off, now, otherwise the studs will ruin the parquet flooring!"

Etymology

Borrowed from French parquet.

Related phrases

parquet circleparquet circlestock exchange

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