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floor

UK /flɔː/US /floɹ/

noun 19
verb 8
forms 3
phrases 8

noun19

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the flat surface at the bottom of a room that people walk and stand on
- The room has a wooden floor.
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The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
- Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
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A storey/story of a building.
- For years we lived on the third floor.
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The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
- The leaves covering the forest floor provide many hiding-places for small animals.
- Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
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(dialect, informal) The ground.
- After stepping off the bus, my wallet fell on the floor.
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The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
- Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
- The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
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The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.
- The conference started as an impromptu session in the coffee shop this morning when waitresses walked off the floor rather than serve four Negro men and women delegates. — 1947
A lower limit or minimum on a price or rate, a price floor. Opposite of a cap or ceiling.
A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
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A dance floor.
- She's a maniac, maniac on the floor / And she's dancing like she never danced before — 1983
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The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
- The floor of 4.5 is 4.
A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

verb8

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To cover or furnish with a floor.
- floor a house with pine boards
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(slang) To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate.
- our driver floored the pedal
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(informal) To amaze or greatly surprise.
- We were floored by his confession.
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To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
- Sam floored him perpetually, and beat his face to a jelly, without getting a scratch. — 1821
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(informal) To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
- Floored or crushed by him. — 1827
To set a lower bound.
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(informal) To finish or make an end of.
- I've floored my little-go work — 1859
(informal, old-fashioned) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the base of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen.

forms

floored · flooring · floors

Phrases with floor

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