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flooring

[ flawr-ing, flohr- ]
/ ˈflɔr ɪŋ, ˈfloʊr- /
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noun
a floor.
floors collectively.
materials for making floors.
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Origin of flooring

First recorded in 1615–25; floor + -ing1

OTHER WORDS FROM flooring

un·der·floor·ing, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for flooring

flooring
/ (ˈflɔːrɪŋ) /

noun
the material used in making a floor, esp the surface material
another word for floor (def. 1)
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