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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It opened with concrete floors and later received Marley flooring from Live Arts Los Angeles, which closed in August 2023, and foam pads from ICA LA’s “Infinite Rehearsal” exhibition, which ran until January 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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
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
Meanwhile, the main living space features concrete flooring, which adds an industrial feel to the otherwise-organic space, creating the perfect mix of aesthetics.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
These he covered with plywood flooring, making a large, rectangular platform, roughly the size of his room at home.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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
The porters and the Swiss burned the poles of the chairs, and even the floorings and wainscots intended for the great gallery.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
Some of the dwelling houses had the solid earth for floors, while others had floorings of hewn planks.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
It’s safe under the floorings and heavy enough to make the salvage worth having.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
Water splashed on board, the engine hissed as the spray fell on it, and the floorings got wet.
From Brandon of the Engineers by Bindloss, Harold
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