Meaning & use
parquet
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Flooring made of wooden blocks arranged in a geometric pattern, or the ground-floor seating area of a theater.
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The ballroom's parquet floor gleamed under the chandeliers.
They sat in the parquet section, close to the orchestra pit.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French "parquet," originally meaning a small enclosed space; it now refers to both decorative wood flooring and, in American theater usage, the main floor seating.
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parquetry
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