floor

Meanings

Plural: floors

Noun

• the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
  • "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
  • "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
• a lower limit
  • "the government established a wage floor"
• the ground on which people and animals move about
  • "the fire spared the forest floor"
• the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
• the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
  • "the floor of the pelvis"
  • "the floor of the cave"
• the occupants of a floor
  • "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
• the parliamentary right to address an assembly
  • "the chairman granted him the floor"
• the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
  • "there was a motion from the floor"
• a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
  • "he is a floor trader"
• The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
• The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
• The ground.
• A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
• The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
• A storey/story of a building.
• In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
• The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
• That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
• A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
• The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
• The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
• An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
• A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
• A lower limit or minimum on a price or rate, a price floor. Opposite of a cap or ceiling.
• A dance floor.
• The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
• The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
• The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.

Verb

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
  • "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
• knock down with force
• To cover or furnish with a floor.
• To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
• To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the base of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen.
• To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate.
• To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
• To amaze or greatly surprise.
• To finish or make an end of.
• To set a lower bound.

Synonyms

ball over, base, blow out of the water, coldcock, deck, dump, flight, floor, flooring, ground, knock down, level, possession, shock, storey, story, take aback, trading floor

Antonyms

ceiling, roof, sky

Related Words

floorage, flooring, floorspace, mezzanine, straight-joint