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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. first or lowest balcony;
[syn: mezzanine, first balcony]

2. intermediate floor just above the ground floor;
[syn: mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mezzanine \Mez"za*nine\, n. [F. mezzanine, It. mezzanino, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half. See Mezzo.] 1. (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. [1913 Webster] 2. A flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. Also mezzanine floor. (Theat.) A floor under the stage, from which various contrivances, as traps, are worked. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. The lowest balcony in a theater, or the forward part of the first balcony. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mezzanine n 1: first or lowest balcony [syn: mezzanine, first balcony] 2: intermediate floor just above the ground floor [syn: mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol]