ground floor
noun
the floor of a building at or nearest to ground level.
ground floors
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pluralof ground floor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Another $1.1 million was set aside to build fences and secure the ground floors of the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
The ground floors of some buildings are propped up by scaffolding and appear on the verge of collapse and in some areas rubble is piled high as diggers continue the reconstruction work.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025
Videos on social media showed rushing water dragging cars down streets and flooded ground floors of buildings.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2023
Authorities declared a state of emergency in the town and urged people to move upstairs as water swamped the ground floors of some hotels.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
The 100 buildings occupied the same floodplain; in the event of flood, the ground floors of all of them were equally exposed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
