Definition of On a lower floor

1. Adverb. On a floor below. "The tenants live downstairs"

Exact synonyms: Below, Down The Stairs, Downstairs
Antonyms: Upstairs

Lexicographical Neighbors of On A Lower Floor

on-the-air
on-the-fly
on-the-fly encryption
on-the-job
on-the-scene(a)
on-the-spot
on-the-spot(a)
on-time marker
on/off switch
on a dime
on a full stomach
on a go-slow
on a higher floor
on a knife edge
on a losing wicket
on a lower floor (current term)
on a need-to-know basis
on a pair
on a par with
on a regular basis
on a roll
on a shoestring
on a sixpence
on a stick
on a whim
on a wing and a prayer
on about
on accident
on account
on account of

Literary usage of On a lower floor

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

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... of two or more bins may be blended, or grain may be transferred from a bin on one floor to a bin on a lower floor, missing the bin on-the floor between. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"In the centre of the square space, which these marked out, aad on a lower floor, was a large marble cistern of cold water; and at each end of this, ..."

3. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1899)
"... to his place of work, or where a man employed on an upper floor of a factory meets with an accident on a lower floor while proceeding to his work. ..."

4. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"... it has been held that where a tenant on a lower floor is injured by the flowing of water from the bath tubs and water fixtures situated above, ..."

5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1921)
"... room or reading rooms on the upper floor (as shown in the diagrams), with access by elevators, or is it better to put these rooms on a lower floor? 2. ..."

6. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1915)
"... a floor fulfilled one of the conditions mentioned, in that it gave a much more severe test of the columns than a test on a lower floor would have done. ..."

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