'Floor' definitions:

Definition of 'floor'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: floor, flooring]
noun
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story]
noun
A lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" [syn: floor, base]
noun
The ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
noun
The bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
noun
The lower inside surface of any hollow structure; "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave"
noun
The occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
noun
The parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
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The legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
noun
A large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader" [syn: floor, trading floor]
verb
Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback]
verb
Knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor]

Definition of 'Floor'

From: GCIDE
  • Floor \Floor\ (fl[=o]r), n. [AS. fl[=o]r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl[=o]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A story of a building. See Story. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Floor'

From: GCIDE
  • Floor \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'floor'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Floor'