Definition of Ground level

1. Noun. The height of the ground on which something stands. "The base of the tower was below grade"

Exact synonyms: Grade
Generic synonyms: Elevation
Derivative terms: Grade

2. Noun. The floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building.
Exact synonyms: First Floor, Ground Floor
Generic synonyms: Floor, Level, Storey, Story

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ground Level

ground effect machine
ground failure
ground fir
ground fire
ground floor
ground forces
ground game
ground games
ground itch
ground itch anaemia
ground ivy
ground lamella
ground laurel
ground level (current term)
ground loop
ground mobile force
ground mobile forces
ground noise
ground offensive
ground out
ground pangolin
ground pangolins
ground pine
ground pink
ground plan
ground pounder
ground proximity warning system
ground proximity warning systems

Literary usage of Ground level

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"It will be noted that tl grave in the middle of the original mound is the only one placed belo the ground level, the others being at four different levels, ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1885)
"... the air that mar be forced out at the ground-level through the inlet is not of sufficient foulness to cause annoyance; while, what is very important, ..."

3. The Metallurgy of Zinc and Cadmium by Walter Renton Ingalls (1903)
"The furnace may be made to coincide with the ground level, its lower part FIGS. 250 AND 251. SKETCH SHOWING DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF DISTILLATION ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1893)
"... which was conducted parallel with the river, cut obliquely across a road which was buried only about 18 inches below the present ground level ..."

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