parquet
noun/ˈpɑːkeɪ/
/pɑːrˈkeɪ/
[uncountable]- a type of floor that consists of flat pieces of wood fixed together in a pattern
- a parquet floor
- parquet flooring
Oxford Collocations DictionaryParquet is used before these nouns:- floor
Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a verb): from French, literally ‘small park (i.e. delineated area)’. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.Definitions on the go
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