floor plan

noun

1. a diagram of one room, apartment, or entire floor of a building, usually drawn to scale.

floor plan

noun

1. See elevation
   a drawing to scale of the arrangement of rooms on one floor of a building Compare elevation

Word History and Origins

Origin of floor plan¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Thanks to a floor plan on a Fandom wiki and the many screenshots I took of the actual Tanglewood Street house in “Phasmophobia,” I pulled it off.

From Washington Post

With 2 beds and 2 baths set over a spacious floor plan, this unit is brimming with natural light and stunning finishes.

From Washington Blade

Features include an open floor plan, a kitchen stocked with high-end appliances, a Ping-Pong table, a record player, and an electric-vehicle charging station.

From Outside Online

He draws a floor plan for the bookshelf-lined one-bedroom “rabbit warren” they might occupy someday.

From Washington Post

Attorneys met with their clients in that facility in an area that has more of an open floor plan, so people would constantly be coming and going.

From Voice of San Diego

Raptly, they drink in the cunningly arranged open floor plan.

From The Daily Beast

Have you been there often enough to identify a floor plan and pictures of the Randle home?

From Project Gutenberg

And looking at Commission Exhibit 441, is that an accurate floor plan outline and general community outline of the Randle home?

From Project Gutenberg

"Regulations for guests, or a floor plan to show how to reach the dining-room in the quickest way," her brother suggested.

From Project Gutenberg

In the average house the architect's task seems virtually confined xx to the elevations and floor-plan.

From Project Gutenberg

For example, if the proposed house is thirty feet wide by twenty feet deep, its floor plan area is 600 square feet.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• layout