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entresol

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en·tre·sol  (ntr-sl, ntr-, n-tr-sôl)
n.
The floor just above the ground floor of a building; a mezzanine.
[French : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + sol, floor (from Latin solum).]
entresol [ˌɒntrəˈsɒl (French) ɑ̃trəsɔl]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) another name for mezzanine [1]
[from French, literally: between floors, from entre- inter- + sol floor, ground, from Latin solum]
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Noun1.entresol - intermediate floor just above the ground floor
mezzanine floor, mezzanine
storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"


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Many curious faces had already appeared at the windows and the people attracted to the end of the street began to run, first men, then groups, and then a crowd of people; hearing cries and seeing a chariot they could not understand it; but Friquet sprang from the entresol on to the top of the carriage.
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They could take the premier now, instead of the little entresol of the hotel which they occupied.
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