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Floor

Floor Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Floor? [n] the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors" [n] structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?" [n] a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader" [n] the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor" [n] the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor" [n] a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" [n] the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" [n] the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc. [n] the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor" [v] knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [v] surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off Synonyms \| Synonyms for Floor: ball over \| base \| blow out of the water \| coldcock \| deck \| dump \| flooring \| knock down \| shock \| storey \| story \| stun \| take aback \| trading floor Related Terms \| Find terms related to Floor: addle \| agora \| amaze \| amphitheater \| answer \| answer conclusively \| 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floor \| parquet \| parquet floor \| price floor \| right \| room \| solid ground \| startle \| structure \| surface \| surprise \| terra firma \| truck bed \| wage floor Floor In Webster's Dictionary \Floor\, n. [AS. fl?r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl?r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. {Plain} smooth.] 1. 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. 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. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge. 4. A story of a building. See {Story}. 5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.] Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house. 6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond. {Floor cloth}, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. {Floor cramp}, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. {Floor light}, a frame with glass panes in a floor. {Floor plan}. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house. \Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Floored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flooring}.] 1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards. 2. 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. Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge. 3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes.

Floor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Floor?

[n] the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
[n] structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
[n] a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"
[n] the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
[n] the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
[n] a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
[n] the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
[n] the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
[n] the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
[v] knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
[v] surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

Floor In Webster's Dictionary

\Floor\, n. [AS. fl?r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field,
floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl?r floor of a cow stall, cf.
Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to
L. planus level. Cf. {Plain} smooth.]
1. 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. 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. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we
   walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

4. A story of a building. See {Story}.

5. (Legislative Assemblies)
   (a) The part of the house assigned to the members.
   (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]

Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in
      possession of the house.

6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side
   of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

7. (Mining)
   (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
       deposit.
   (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond.

{Floor cloth}, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or
   saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors;
   oilcloth.

{Floor cramp}, an implement for tightening the seams of floor
   boards before nailing them in position.

{Floor light}, a frame with glass panes in a floor.

{Floor plan}.
   (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship
       as divided at the water line.
   (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of
       the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages,
       apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of
       a house.


\Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Floored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flooring}.]
1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to
   floor a house with pine boards.

2. 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.

         Floored or crushed by him.            --Coleridge.

3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college
   examination. [Colloq.]

         I've floored my little-go work.       --T. Hughes.

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