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Meaning of 'floor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Floor [ 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.
- 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.
- The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
- A story of a building. See Story.
- The part of the house assigned to the members.
- The right to speak.
- That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
- The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
- A horizontal, flat ore body.
2 . Floor [ v. t.]
- To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
- 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.
- To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.

Meaning of 'floor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . floor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
Example in sentence:
  • he is a floor trader
Meaning (2):
- the parliamentary right to address an assembly
Example in sentence:
  • the chairman granted him the floor
Meaning (3):
- the ground on which people and animals move about
Example in sentence:
  • the fire spared the forest floor
Meaning (4):
- the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
Example in sentence:
  • the floor of the cave;
  • the floor of the pelvis
Meaning (5):
- a lower limit
Example in sentence:
  • the government established a wage floor
Meaning (6):
- the occupants of a floor
Example in sentence:
  • the whole floor complained about the lack of heat
Meaning (7):
- the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
Example in sentence:
  • there was a motion from the floor
Meaning (8):
- the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
Example in sentence:
  • they needed rugs to cover the bare floors;
  • we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
Meaning (9):
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
Example in sentence:
  • what level is the office on?
10 . floor [ v]
Meaning (10):
- knock down with force
Example in sentence:
  • He decked his opponent
Meaning (11):
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
Example in sentence:
  • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

Nearby Words:

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