second floor

noun

1. the floor or story above the ground floor.

2. (in Britain and elsewhere outside the U.S.) the second story completely above ground level.

second floor

noun

1. US and Canadian term: third floor. the storey of a building immediately above the first and two floors up from the ground

2. British equivalent: first floor. the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floor

Word History and Origins

Origin of second floor¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

"It's very difficult right now. The water has reached the second floor, where there are children, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled!!!"

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On the second floor of a cultural center at Christ Cathedral in Orange County, an AI-rendered depiction of Jesus, calm and smiling, fills one side of the room.

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The blaze started accidentally on the second floor of a three-storey block, two flats were heavily damaged by fire and several more were smoke-logged, the West Midlands Fire Service said.

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There were four rooms on the ground floor and a main stairway to the second floor.

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The bathroom was upstairs on the second floor.

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