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  • present participle of floor.
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flooring

American  
[flawr-ing, flohr-] / ˈflɔr ɪŋ, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

  1. a floor.

  2. floors collectively.

  3. materials for making floors.


flooring British  
/ ˈflɔːrɪŋ /

noun

  1. the material used in making a floor, esp the surface material

  2. another word for floor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of flooring

First recorded in 1615–25; floor + -ing 1

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Flooring company Kangxin New Materials and real-estate firm Vantone Neo Development received similar queries after announcing plans to buy chip makers despite being loss-making.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

John Clarke from Mercado Flooring is watching the delivery being unloaded.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

A major retailer in home improvement, LL Flooring offers customers a wide range of flooring products and advertises a seamless shopping experience and expert guidance.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024

Flooring is another place to use upcycled materials.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Here are four sorts of Flooring, some are upon the Superficies of the Ground, others between two Stories, others make the Roof of the House in Plat-form, and the last is Plat-Fond.

From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude

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