floor

[ flawr, flohr ]

/ flɔr, floʊr /

noun

that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.

a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of rooms, apartments, or the like, and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story.

a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor.

one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor.

a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor.

the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel.

a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean.

the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak.

the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor.

the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc.: There are only two salesclerks on the floor.

the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc.

the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor.

Mining. an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat.

Nautical.

the bottom of a hull.
any of a number of deep, transverse framing members at the bottom of a steel or iron hull, generally interrupted by and joined to any vertical keel or keelsons.
the lowermost member of a frame in a wooden vessel.

verb (used with object)

to cover or furnish with a floor.

to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow.

to overwhelm; defeat.

to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem.

Also floorboard. to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.

Words nearby floor

floodlight projector, floodplain, floodwater, floodway, flooey, floor, floor broker, floor exercise, floor furnace, floor lamp, floor leader

Idioms for floor

mop/wipe the floor with, Informal. to overwhelm completely; defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents.

take the floor, to arise to address a meeting.

Origin of floor

before 900; Middle English flor, Old English flōr; cognate with Old Norse flōr, Middle Low German vlōr, Middle High German vluor (German Flur)

OTHER WORDS FROM floor

floor·less, adjectiveun·der·floor, nounun·floor, verb (used with object)

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Examples from the Web for floor

It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.
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When I saw the fire in the restaurant, I ran down to the floor below, where I was trapped between flames above and below.
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Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.
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We lived in a coed dorm, with the first and third floors housing the young men, and the second floor housing the girls.
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I had no idea what time it was or how long I had been on the second floor.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The rooms are lofty, and all on one floor, because the Burmese do not like to live in rooms with people above.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah|William G. Burn Murdoch
When he heard him ring the bell on the second floor, an uneasy expression came over his face.
The Goose Man|Jacob Wassermann
Shaughnessy, with a haggard glance at the motionless form on the floor, rose and walked uncertainly to an easy chair.
The Lash|Olin L. Lyman
An officer of Uhlans took me in and shared his bed on the floor of a cabin.
Twenty Years in Europe|Samuel H. M. Byers
There was a movement in the dark, and she was kneeling on the floor by his chair.
Mortal Coils|Aldous Huxley

British Dictionary definitions for floor

floor

/ (flɔː) /

noun

Also called: flooring the inner lower surface of a room

a storey of a buildingthe second floor

a flat bottom surface in or on any structurethe floor of a lift; a dance floor

the bottom surface of a tunnel, cave, river, sea, etc

mining an underlying stratum

nautical the bottom, or the lowermost framing members at the bottom, of a vessel

that part of a legislative hall in which debate and other business is conducted

the right to speak in a legislative or deliberative body (esp in the phrases get, have, or be given the floor)

the room in a stock exchange where trading takes place

the earth; ground

a minimum price charged or paida wage floor

take the floor to begin dancing on a dance floor

verb

to cover with or construct a floor

(tr) to knock to the floor or ground

(tr) informal to disconcert, confound, or defeatto be floored by a problem

Word Origin for floor

Old English flōr; related to Old Norse flōrr, Middle Low German vlōr floor, Latin plānus level, Greek planan to cause to wander

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floor

see ground floor; mop up the floor with; sink through the floor; take the floor; walk the floor.

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