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Definition of parquet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

parquet

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