noun
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the material used in making a floor, esp the surface material
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another word for floor
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On their way in, crews had to clear debris from multiple floors; aside from chunks of concrete, masonry and flooring, obstacles included a bathroom sink and toilet that had tumbled down from above.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
But there are still major problems, including uneven flooring, and they are now desperate to move out of their once-beloved home and into sheltered accommodation.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Luxe flooring includes slabs of Italian marble and oak, while the new kitchen serves up top-of-the-line appliances and marble counters, and the bathrooms are clad in marble.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
National Park Service crews dumped hydrogen peroxide into the water last week and then pieces of the new flooring started breaking loose as crews began vacuuming the pool floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The strong scent of raw lumber wafted from the flooring and the dark-stained panels that covered the lower half of the walls.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Items for which demand was last week reported high: Beer glasses and mugs, mirrors, linen, uniforms for barkeeps and barmaids, cabinet work including paneling for bars, murals, mosaic and composition floorings; also sausage, pretzels, pickles.
From Time Magazine Archive
In providing floorings, the greatest care should be taken to avoid anything liable to become slippery to the tread.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
The pump was clanking hard, but he could hear the water wash about under the floorings, and the launch was very wet.
From Brandon of the Engineers by Bindloss, Harold
Condensed moisture glistened on the low roof-beams; the floorings were damp and littered with coils of rope.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
One of these bored cleanly through a slate-tiled roof, through furniture and two floorings and burrowed ten feet into the ground without exploding.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
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