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Definition of Floor

1. Noun. The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure). "We spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"

2. Verb. Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off. "The performance is likely to floor Sue"; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

3. Noun. A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. "What level is the office on?"

4. Verb. Knock down with force. "The fighter managed to floor his opponent"; "He decked his opponent"

5. Noun. A lower limit. "The government established a wage floor"

6. Noun. The ground on which people and animals move about. "The fire spared the forest floor"

7. Noun. The bottom surface of any lake or other body of water.

8. Noun. The lower inside surface of any hollow structure. "The floor of the cave"

9. Noun. The occupants of a floor. "The whole floor complained about the lack of heat"

10. Noun. The parliamentary right to address an assembly. "The chairman granted him the floor"

11. Noun. The legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business. "There was a motion from the floor"

12. Noun. A large room in a exchange where the trading is done. "He is a floor trader"

Definition of Floor

1. n. 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. v. t. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

Definition of Floor

1. to provide with a floor (the level base of a room) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Floor

1. 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. The part of the house assigned to the members. The right to speak. Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house. 6. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 7. The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. A horizontal, flat ore body. 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 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. Origin: AS. Flr; akin to D. Vloer, G. Flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. Flr floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. Lar floor, ground, earth, W. Llawr, perh. Akin to L. Planus level. Cf. Plain smooth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floor

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flood plain flood tide flooey flooie floor (current term) floor (current term) floorage floorages floorboard floorboards

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