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Webster 1913 Edition
Floor
Floor
(flōr)
, Noun.
[AS.
flōr
; akin to D. vloer
, G. flur
field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. flōr
floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar
floor, ground, earth, W. llawr
, perh. akin to L. planus
level. Cf. Plain
smooth.] 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 bridge4.
A story of a building. See
Story
. 5.
(Legislative Assemblies)
(a)
The part of the house assigned to the members.
(b)
The right to speak;
as, the gentleman from Iowa has the
. floor
[U.S.]
☞ Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
6.
(Naut.)
That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
7.
(Mining)
(a)
The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
(b)
A horizontal, flat ore body.
Raymond.
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)
(Shipbuilding)
A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line.
(b)
(Arch.)
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.
Floor
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Floored
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooring
.] 1.
To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor;
as, to
. floor
a house with pine boards2.
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 opponentFloored
or crushed by him. Coleridge.
3.
To finish or make an end of;
as, to
. floor
a college examination[Colloq.]
I’ve
floored
my little-go work. T. Hughes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Floor
FLOOR
,Noun.
1.
That part of a building or room on which we walk; the bottom or lower part, consisting, in modern houses, of boards, plands or pavement; as the floor of a house, room, bar, stable or outhouse.2.
A platform of boards or plans laid on timbers, as in a bridge; any similar platform.3.
A story in a building; as the first or second floor.4.
A floor or earthen floor is still used in some kinds of business, made of loam, or of lime, sand and iron dust, as in malting.5.
The bottom of a ship, or that part which is nearly horizontal.FLOOR
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
Floor
floor
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See also: Floor
English
An ornate floor.
Noun
floor (plural floors)
- The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room.
- The room has a wooden floor.
- 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter I:
- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
- Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
- The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
- Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
- The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
- The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
- 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.
- Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
- A storey/story of a building.
- For years we lived on the third floor.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess:
- When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.
- In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
- Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
- Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
- The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
- (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
- (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
- (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Raymond to this entry?)
- (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
- The floor of 4.5 is 4.
- (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
- (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
- A dance floor.
- 1983, "Maniac", Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky:
- She's a maniac, maniac on the floor / And she's dancing like she never danced before
- 1987, "Walk the Dinosaur", Was (Not Was):
- Open the door, get on the floor / Everybody walk the dinosaur
- 1983, "Maniac", Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky:
- The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
Synonyms
- (right to speak): possession (UK)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
lower part of a room
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lower inside surface of a hollow space
horizontal structure dividing a building
supporting surface of a structure
storey — see storey
part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly
right to speak in a legislative assembly
(mathematics) the largest integer less than or equal to a given number
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Verb
floor (third-person singular simple present floors, present participle flooring, simple past and past participle floored)
- To cover or furnish with a floor.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
- The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].
- floor a house with pine boards
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- To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
- (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
- As soon as our driver saw an insurgent in a car holding a detonation device, he floored the pedal and was 2,000 feet away when that car bomb exploded. We escaped certain death in the nick of time!
- To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
- Floored or crushed by him. — Coleridge
- floor an opponent
- To amaze or greatly surprise.
- We were floored by his confession.
- (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
- I've floored my little-go work — ed Hughes
- floor a college examination
- (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
Translations
cover with a floor
strike down
silence with a conclusive answer
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colloquial: to finish or make an end of
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