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mez·za·nine (mez′ə 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
    also mezzanine floor
  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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