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mez·za·nine (mezə nēn′, mez′ə nēn)

noun

  1. a low-ceilinged story between two main stories in a building, usually immediately above the ground floor and in the form of a balcony projecting only partly over the floor below it
  2. in some theaters, the first few rows of the balcony, separated from the others by an aisle

Etymology: Fr < It mezzanino < mezzano, middle < L medianus: see median

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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