Definitions for parquet

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parquet par·quet

Spelling: [pahr-key]

IPA: /pɑrˈkeɪ/

Parquet is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in parquet (aepqrtu).

Definitions for parquet

noun

1. a floor composed of short strips or blocks of wood forming a pattern, sometimes with inlays of other woods or other materials.
2. the part of the main floor of a theater, opera house, etc., that is between the musicians' area and the parterre or rear division or, especially in the U.S., the entire floor space for spectators.

verb (used with object)

1. to construct (a floor) of parquetry.

Origin of parquet

1670-80; French, diminutive of parc park; see -et

Examples for parquet

Within, the wards are lined by glazed tiles, and the floors are of parquet.

Zollern tapped his cane on the parquet floor, rhythmically, persistently.

There's a man over there in the parquet that I want to say a word to; don't wait for me.

The design of the parquet floor should be simple and unobtrusive.

In Texas some of it is employed in the manufacture of parquet flooring.

The servants' footsteps could no longer be heard on the parquet floor.

The parquet is of Jasper mosaic, a present from the Shah to Alexis.

The parquet floor was to be supplied with rugs of warm Eastern colours.

"Give us the truth," some one at the left of the parquet cried.

But everyone in the parquet thought that the kiss had been intended for him.