Definitions for: Floor


[n] the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
[n] structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
[n] a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"
[n] the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
[n] the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
[n] a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
[n] the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
[n] the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
[n] the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
[v] knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
[v] surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off



Webster (1913) Definition: Floor, n. [AS. fl?r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field,
floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl?r 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 bridge.

4. 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. [U.S.]

Note: 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, v. 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 boards.

2. 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.

Floored 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.

Synonyms: ball over, base, blow out of the water, coldcock, deck, dump, flooring, knock down, shock, storey, story, stun, take aback, trading floor

See Also: assemblage, attic, basement, beat, bell deck, building, cave, cellar, construction, control, dance floor, dry land, earth, Earth's surface, edifice, first floor, floorboard, galvanise, galvanize, garret, gathering, ground, ground floor, ground level, hall, hallway, horizontal surface, land, level, loft, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, parquet, parquet floor, price floor, right, room, solid ground, startle, structure, surface, surprise, terra firma, truck bed, wage floor

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