mezzanine
noun
mez·za·nine
ˈme-zə-ˌnēn 
ˌme-zə-ˈnēn
1
: a low-ceilinged story between two main stories of a building
especially
: an intermediate story that projects in the form of a balcony
2
a
: the lowest balcony in a theater
b
: the first few rows of such a balcony
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The Peabody Police Department confirmed in a post on Facebook that multiple people were injured when a plastic brick display fell from a mezzanine level at the In the Game arcade in Peabody.
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The comfortable dining room seats 112 on velvet upholstery plus 25 in the mezzanine.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Yet such assaults betray a transparent desperation—feeble barbs hurled from the mezzanine.
—Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
There’s also a horseshoe bar with a yellow-onyx backsplash, an intimate Den with half-moon banquettes, and a mezzanine floor where diners can watch over the Courtyard action.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
The comfortable dining room seats 112 on velvet upholstery plus 25 in the mezzanine.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Yet such assaults betray a transparent desperation—feeble barbs hurled from the mezzanine.
—Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
There’s also a horseshoe bar with a yellow-onyx backsplash, an intimate Den with half-moon banquettes, and a mezzanine floor where diners can watch over the Courtyard action.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Mezzanine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mezzanine. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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mezzanine
noun
mez·za·nine
ˈmez-ᵊn-ˌēn
ˌmez-ᵊn-ˈēn
1
: a story between two main stories of a building often in the form of a balcony
2
: the lowest balcony in a theater or its first few rows
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