PARTERRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parterre mean? 

• PARTERRE (noun)
  The noun PARTERRE has 2 senses:

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)

  Familiarity information: PARTERRE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTERRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("parterre" is a kind of...):

flower garden (a garden featuring flowering plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

parquet circle; parterre

Hypernyms ("parterre" is a kind of...):

seating; seating area; seating room; seats (an area that includes places where several people can sit)

Holonyms ("parterre" is a part of...):

house; theater; theatre (a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented)

 Context examples 

"It might pass for the present," he said; "but he would yet see me glittering like a parterre."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She had a turn for traffic, and a marked propensity for saving; shown not only in the vending of eggs and chickens, but also in driving hard bargains with the gardener about flower-roots, seeds, and slips of plants; that functionary having orders from Mrs. Reed to buy of his young lady all the products of her parterre she wished to sell: and Eliza would have sold the hair off her head if she could have made a handsome profit thereby.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)