Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "mezzanine" wani ɗan gajeren labari ne tsakanin manyan labaran gini guda biyu, yawanci matakin bene na tsaka-tsaki ko kuma labari maras tushe tsakanin manyan biyu mafi girma. Hakanan yana iya komawa zuwa ƙaramin, dandamali mai tsayi a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo, filin wasa, ko wani wurin taron jama'a. Bugu da ƙari, ana iya amfani da "mezzanine" a alamance don kwatanta matsakaicin matakin ko matsakaici tsakanin abubuwa biyu.