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Meanings of parquet in English

Spanish
suelo de parquet

A floor made of parquetry.

        suelo de parquet

        A floor covering for indoors made of wood.

              Usage of parquet in English
              1
              She commented on the exquisite parquet floors that had come from Europe.
              The house
              2
              A brilliant assembly filled the first range of boxes, and the parquet.
              Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
              3
              It had a parquet floor and was slightly crowded with Italian antiques.
              Internecine
              4
              The sittingroom-cum-diningroom has parquet flooring, an open fireplace and a bow window.
              The Irish Times
              5
              It was a fine house, with polished parquet floors and wide staircases.
              A Surgeon in Belgium
              6
              Margaret wondered if the thieves had contemplated ripping up the expensive parquet.
              A change in altitude
              7
              Buller slumped heavily down and dribbled onto the parquet to comfort himself.
              The Human Factor
              8
              The parquet floor by the body was dark and slick with blood.
              Pack animals
              9
              From boxes, galleries, and parquet, the cry was, Da capo, da capo!
              Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
              10
              The other gentlemen sat in the parquet, and circulated about between the acts.
              In the Courts of Memory, 1858-1875; from Contemporary Letters
              11
              Whatever the floor had been, it clearly had been replaced by new parquet.
              Latte trouble
              12
              Period features include parquet floors, marble fireplaces, flagstones and French windows.
              The Irish Times
              13
              The very next moment hundreds of crystal prisms crashed against the parquet floor.
              Amberville
              14
              He had his eyes fixed on the parquet of the floor.
              Phyllis of Philistia
              15
              Tavernake studied the pattern of the parquet floor for several moments.
              The Tempting of Tavernake
              16
              He stood nervously in the doorway, mistrusting the parquet-floor, mistrusting himself, mistrusting everything.
              The Grey Lady
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