Definition of "parquet" [par•quet]

• A floor made of parquetry. (noun)
• The art or process of making parquetry. (noun)
• The part of the main floor of a theater between the orchestra pit and the parquet circle. (noun)
• The entire main floor of a theater. (noun)
• To furnish with a floor of parquetry. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "We rollerskate in parquet hallways and throw water balloons from roof gardens tended by Japanese men whose names we don't know."
• "The French parquet is always more or less dusty, although infinitely superior in point of cleanliness and healthiness to our absorbent floor."
• "The parquet was a bit warped, but it was parquet, just the same."