Parterre

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parquet circle \Parquet circle\
     That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the
     rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called
     also, esp. in U. S., {orchestra circle} or {parterre}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parterre \Par*terre"\, n. [F., fr. par on, by (L. per) + terre
     earth, ground, L. terra. See {Terrace}.]
     1. (Hort.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds
        or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with
        intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parterre
       n 1: an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to
            form a pattern
       2: seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the
          balconies) [syn: {parquet circle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "parterre":
     auditorium, balcony, billiard table, bowling green, box, box seat,
     dead flat, dead level, dress circle, earth, esplanade, fauteuil,
     flat, flatland, floor, gallery, ground, homaloid, horizontal,
     horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line,
     horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection,
     ledge, level, level line, level plane, loge, mean sea level,
     nigger heaven, orchestra, orchestra circle, paradise, parquet,
     parquet circle, peanut gallery, pit, plain, plane, platform,
     prairie, proscenium boxes, sea level, sea of grass, stall,
     standing room, steppe, table, terrace, theatre stall,
     water level