Mezzanine Definition

mĕzə-nēn, mĕzə-nēn
mezzanines
noun
mezzanines
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.
Webster's New World
In some theaters, the first few rows of the balcony, separated from the others by an aisle.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of or relating to securities granting a claim on interest or assets that is subordinate to that of secured and senior debt but above that of equity.
American Heritage

(engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.

To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Mezzanine

Noun

Singular:
mezzanine
Plural:
mezzanines

Origin of Mezzanine

  • French from Italian mezzanino diminutive of mezzano middle from Latin mediānus in the middle median

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“middle"), from Latin medianus.

    From Wiktionary

Mezzanine Sentence Examples

  • She died after falling from a mezzanine balcony during a gathering at a privately-owned airport hangar on North Island.

  • Room 5 £ 100 discount for 3rd and 4th adult using mezzanine.

  • A further open mezzanine may be booked by groups taking over the whole chalet, which has a double sofa bed (5 ).

  • It has been designed as a bright lofty two-storey space with a large mezzanine.

  • Above the open plan living area there is a double bed mezzanine.

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