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How to pronounce parquet in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms parquet floor
Type of floor, flooring
Type Words
Type of seating area, seating, seating room, seats

Examples of parquet

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We were in this brand new room with parquet flooring, and this fight broke out.
From the guardian.co.uk
Height issues with parquet blocks meant that we had to find a good alternative.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
The herringbone parquet floor seemed suddenly to tip away and swirl into space.
From the express.co.uk
Features include a parquet floor entry, stained-glass windows and a music room.
From the latimes.com
The floor was reclaimed maple parquet from a gym, put down wonkily by yours truly.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There is a small carpet near the bed, but otherwise the parquet floor is bare.
From the time.com
Parquet is a fabulous way to introduce pattern and a sense of period architecture.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
The new parquet floors are splendid in patterns of woods of different colors.
From the washingtontimes.com
The cover photo features Bill Russell taking it to the basket on the parquet floor.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
More examples
  • A floor made of parquetry
  • Seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle
  • Parquetry is a geometric mosaic of wood pieces used for decorative effect. The two main uses of parquetry are as veneer patterns on furniture and block patterns for flooring. Parquet patterns are entirely geometrical and angular-- squares, triangles, lozenges. ...
  • The parquet is the office of the prosecution, in some countries, responsible for presenting legal cases at criminal trials against individuals or parties suspected of breaking the law.
  • Wood flooring with a top layer thickness of at least 2.5 millimetres before installation.
  • Inlaid geometric patterns of wood; used primarily in flooring.
  • Wood flooring that's usually laid in blocks with boards at angles to each other to form decorative patterns.
  • Any floor where strips of wood are laid to create a geometric or coloured pattern.
  • Available in either finished or unfinished, this is a type of wood block comprised of a number of small pieces arranged in an attractive design, attached to a paper backing or wire splines. Usually glued down.