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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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