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Floor Definition And Meaning |
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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 | arena | argue down | 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bottom | rostrum | rout | rudiment | scene | scene of action | scenery | sea level | sea of grass | seam | seat | send flying | send headlong | setting | settle | shelf | shock | shut up | silence | sill | site | smash all opposition | soapbox | solid ground | solid rock | sphere | spread-eagle | squared circle | squash | squelch | stadium | stage | stage set | stage setting | start | starting line | starting point | step | step terrace | steppe | stereobate | stick | story | stratum | street floor | stump | stylobate | substratum | substruction | substructure | subvert | superstratum | supinate | surfacing | surmount | surprise | table | take down | tar | target date | term | terminal date | terminus | terra firma | terrace | terrain | theater | thickness | thrash | threshold | throw | throw down | tier | tilting ground | tiltyard | time allotment | top price | topple | topsoil | tribunal | tribune | trip | trip up | trounce | tumble | underbuilding | undercarriage | undergirding | underlayer | undermine | underpinning | understory | understratum | understruction | understructure | upper limit | upset | walk | water level | whack down | whip | worst | wrestling ring | zone See Also | assemblage | attic | basement | beat | bell deck | building | cave | cellar | construction | control | dance floor | dry land | earth | Earth's surface | edifice | first floor | floorboard | galvanise | galvanize | garret | gathering | ground | ground floor | ground level | hall | hallway | horizontal surface | land | level | loft | mezzanine | mezzanine 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. |
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