floor
15 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
floors
plural
floors
Britannica Dictionary definition of FLOOR
1
[count]
:
the part of a room on which you stand
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Keep your feet on the floor.
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washing the kitchen floor
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a marble/tile/hardwood floor
2
[count]
a
:
the lower inside surface of something (such as a vehicle)
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the floor of a car
b
:
the area of ground at the bottom of something
— usually singular
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the ocean floor
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the forest floor
3
[count]
:
a level in a building
—
see also first floor, ground floor
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She lives on the second floor of a five-story building.
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His office is located on the fourth floor.
4
[count]
:
a large indoor space where people gather for some activity
— usually singular
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the floor of the convention/legislature
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the factory floor
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the dance floor
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buying and selling shares on the floor of the exchange
5
[singular]
:
the people who are gathered in a place for a public meeting
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He will now take questions from the floor.
6
[count]
:
a lower limit
— usually singular
—
opposite ceiling
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establishing a floor for wages and prices
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The value of the stock has dropped/gone/fallen through the floor. [=to a very low level]
have the floor
:
to have the right to speak at a public meeting
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May I have the floor?
hold the floor
:
to be the person who is speaking at a public meeting
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The senator held the floor for several hours.
on the cutting-room floor
take the floor
1
:
to begin speaking at a public meeting
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After Senator Smith was finished addressing the assembly, Senator White took the floor.
2
:
to go out onto a dance floor to begin dancing
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Several couples took the floor.
wipe the floor with
2
floor
/ˈfloɚ/
verb
floors;
floored;
flooring
2
floor
/ˈfloɚ/
verb
floors;
floored;
flooring
Britannica Dictionary definition of FLOOR
[+ object]
1
:
to cover (a surface) with material to make a floor
— usually used as (be) floored
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The lobby is floored with marble.
2
a
:
to knock (someone) to the floor or ground
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He floored me with his first punch.
b
informal
:
to surprise, shock or amaze (someone) very much
— often used as (be) floored
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The news just floored me.
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I was floored by the news.
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She was floored by his knowledge of the subject.
3
US, informal
:
to press (the accelerator of a vehicle) to the floor
— usually used in the phrase floor it
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When the light turned green, he floored it. [=he pressed the accelerator all the way down and sped away]
