Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Parterre   Listen
noun
Parterre  n.  
1.
(Hort.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.
2.
The pit of a theater; the parquet. (France)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Parterre" Quotes from Famous Books



... a perfect parterre of flowers and foliage, intertwined with the flags of all nations, and enclosed under an awning, which latter had a canvas screen all round to keep out the prying eyes of the bluejackets ...
— Crown and Anchor - Under the Pen'ant • John Conroy Hutcheson
... came from the further side of the wing containing the illuminated room. She then discerned, by the aid of the dusky departing light, a figure, whose sex was undistinguishable, walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river. The figure grew fainter, and ...
— A Pair of Blue Eyes • Thomas Hardy
... that lent Its sweets to earth a day; From Heaven's parterre 'twas kindly sent, But ...
— The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various


Words linked to "Parterre" :   parquet circle, theater, theatre, house, seating room


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org