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Definition of 'floor'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) floor
the part of a room that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.

2.  floor
a continuous supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story.

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

4.  floor
one of two or more layers of material composing a floor.

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

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

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

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

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

10.  floor
the area of a stock or commodity exchange, retail store, etc., where buying and selling or other business is conducted.

11.  floor
a base or minimum level:
The government established price and wage floors.

12. (v.t.) floor
to cover or furnish with a floor.

13.  floor
to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down.

14.  floor
to overwhelm; defeat.

15.  floor
to surprise and confound; nonplus.

16.  floor
to push (the accelerator pedal) down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.

Definition of 'floor'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) floor, flooring
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
"they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"

2. (noun) floor, level, storey, story
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
"what level is the office on?"

3. (noun) floor, base
a lower limit
"the government established a wage floor"

4. (noun) floor
the ground on which people and animals move about
"the fire spared the forest floor"

5. (noun) floor
the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water

6. (noun) floor
the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
"the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave"

7. (noun) floor
the occupants of a floor
"the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"

8. (noun) floor
the parliamentary right to address an assembly
"the chairman granted him the floor"

9. (noun) floor
the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
"there was a motion from the floor"

10. (verb) floor, trading floor
a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
"he is a floor trader"

11. (verb) shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
"I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

12. (verb) deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor
knock down with force
"He decked his opponent"

Definition of 'floor'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) floor
an inside surface you walk on
a beautiful wooden floor; lying on the floor

2. floor
a level of a building
Our office is on the 3rd floor.

3. floor
a surface at the bottom of sth
the ocean floor

Definition of 'floor'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) floor
the bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported

2. (noun) floor
the structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2

3. (noun) floor
the surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge

4. (noun) floor
a story of a building. See Story

5. (noun) floor
the part of the house assigned to the members

6. (noun) floor
the right to speak

7. (noun) floor
that part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal

8. (noun) floor
the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit

9. (noun) floor
a horizontal, flat ore body

10. (verb) floor
to cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards

11. (verb) floor
to strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent

12. (verb) floor
to finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination

Translation of 'floor'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the surface in a room etc on which one stands or walks.
Afrikaans: vloer	Arabic: مَصْطَبَه، أرْضِيَّه	Bulgarian: под
Brazilian: assoalho	Czech: podlaha	German: der Fußboden
Danish: gulv	Greek: πάτωμα, δάπεδο	Spanish: suelo
Estonian: põrand	Farsi: کف اتاق	Finnish: lattia
French: plancher	Hebrew: רִצפָּה	Hindi: फर्श, तल
Croatian: pod	Hungarian: padló	Indonesian: lantai
Icelandic: gólf	Italian: pavimento	Japanese: 床
Korean: 바닥	Lithuanian: grindys	Latvian: grīda
Malay: lantai	Dutch: vloer	Norwegian: gulv, bunn
Polish: podłoga	Persian: کف اتاق	Pashto: غولى، پوړ، فرش.
Portuguese: soalho	Romanian: podea	Russian: пол
Slovak: dlážka	Slovenian: tla	Serbian: pod
Swedish: golv	Thai: พื้นห้อง	Turkish: döşeme, taban, oda zemini
Taiwanese: 地面	Ukrainian: підлога	Urdu: کمرے کی فرش
Vietnamese: sàn nhà	Chinese: 地面
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