A mezzanine is a small floor which is built between two main floors of a building.
...the dining room on the mezzanine.
...the mezzanine floor.
2. countable noun
The mezzanine is the lowest balcony in a theatre, or the front rows in the lowest balcony.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, usually use dress circle
mezzanine in British English
(ˈmɛzəˌniːn, ˈmɛtsəˌniːn)
noun
1. Also called: mezzanine floor, entresol
an intermediate storey, esp a low one between the ground and first floor of a building
2. theatre, US and Canadian
the first balcony
3. theatre, British
a room or floor beneath the stage
adjective
4.
of or relating to an intermediate stage in a financial process
mezzanine funding
Often shortened to: mezz
Word origin
C18: from French, from Italian, diminutive of mezzano middle, from Latin mediānusmedian
mezzanine in American English
(ˈmɛzəˌnin; ˌ mɛzəˈnin)
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 byan aisle
Word origin
Fr < It mezzanino < mezzano, middle < L medianus: see median
mezzanine in Hospitality
(mɛzənin)
Word forms: (regular plural) mezzanines
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Reservations and checking in and out)
A mezzanine is a small floor which is built between two main floors of a building.
The dining room is on the mezzanine, up a short flight of steps.
There are ten meeting rooms located on the mezzanine level of the hotel.
To reach the mezzanine, take the elevator up one floor.
Examples of 'mezzanine' in a sentence
mezzanine
Upstairs there is a double bedroom with a dressing room and a mezzanine area.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The library is a tall yellow room with a mezzanine floor reserved for the sixth form.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She also put in a mezzanine floor to add a guest bedroom and bathroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It has two big rooms and a mezzanine floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Archive photos on the mezzanine floor are worth seeing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
With this height advantage, it is feasible to add a mezzanine floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The high ceilings allowed them to convert the space above the kitchen into a mezzanine floor which is used as an office area.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Open to the rafters, it has pale wooden flooring and a mezzanine bedroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Above the sitting room is a mezzanine floor, reached by a spiral staircase.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It has two big bedrooms, a mezzanine area and a little patio garden to chill out in.
The Sun (2015)
But new government restrictions mean that a tactic of expanding the space in existing stores by building mezzanine floors has now been cut off.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We all shared a bathroom on the mezzanine floor, and in the hall there was a telephone that you put coins in.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is a distinction between a gallery, or deck, and a mezzanine floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The ground floor and mezzanine are designed for restaurants, cafés, fitness clubs and boutiques.
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Rooms have hidden libraries, mezzanine floors and spiral staircases, as well as bespoke art.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is now a two-bedroom home with a double-height vaulted sitting room and a mezzanine kitchen.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There's one final surprise: another staircase leads to a mezzanine gallery under the peak of the roof.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The mezzanine floor is so vast it has five fireplaces, while the enormous basement has about 20 rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We were quickly shown to a table in the main room, its dark tables covered with fresh white linen, overlooked by a narrow mezzanine balcony.