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Definition of On a higher floor
1. Adverb. On a floor above. "They lived upstairs"
Lexicographical Neighbors of On A Higher Floor
Literary usage of On a higher floor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Home Life in Germany by Alfred Sidgwick (1908)
"For £1 a month you can get a room on a higher floor, and better furnished, while
for £1, los. a month in Hamburg I myself have had two well- furnished rooms ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1920)
"Philip and I once stayed here, and though we saw no ghost I was much afraid at
night, for my room was on a higher floor than his and the people all seemed ..."
3. Our Homes, and how to Make Them Healthy by Shirley Forster Murphy, Robert Brudenell Carter (1883)
"Where superficial space is at all limited, the spare room for a sick child and
bed-room for the nurse can easily be on a higher floor, and one or two of the ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1901)
"on a higher floor is the dial, and the time of the day is struck by genii, whilst
an hour-glass reverses its sands automatically each sixty minutes. ..."
5. Tuberculosis as a Disease of the Masses and how to Combat it by Sigard Adolphus Knopf (1901)
"First, one should bear in mind that the sunniest, best-ventilated, and most
comfortable room of the house, preferably on a higher floor, is the best suited ..."
6. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1905)
"... on branch b were on a higher floor. 29. Occasionally it is found necessary to
make an upward '°op in a horizontal pipe in order to pass over a floor ..."
7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"In some, the kiln room is on a higher floor than the rest of the mill and the
clinker is dropped into pits and allowed to cool. In others, it is spread on ..."
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