Floor Definition

flôr
floored, floors
noun
floors
The inside bottom surface of a room, hall, etc., on which one stands or walks.
Webster's New World
The lower or supporting surface of a structure.
American Heritage
The platform of a bridge, pier, etc.
Webster's New World
A level or story in a building.
An office on the sixth floor.
Webster's New World
The occupants of such a story.
The entire floor complained about the noise.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
verb
floored, floors

To cover or furnish with a floor.

Floor a house with pine boards.
Wiktionary
To press (the accelerator of a motor vehicle) to the floor.
American Heritage
To knock down.
Webster's New World
To press down to the floor.
Webster's New World
To be the victor over; defeat.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
idiom
from the floor
  • during the time of a game when active defense is permitted

    the team shot 56% from the floor

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Floor

Noun

Singular:
floor
Plural:
floors

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Floor

  • from the floor

Origin of Floor

  • From Middle English, from Old English flōr (“floor, pavement, ground, bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *flōrō, *flōrô, *flōraz (“flat surface, floor, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *plõro- (“level, even”), from Proto-Indo-European *pele-, *plet-, *plāk- (“broad, flat, plain”). Cognate with West Frisian flier (“floor”), Dutch vloer (“floor”), German Flur (“field, floor, entrance hall”), Swedish flor (“floor of a cow stall”), Irish urlár (“floor”), Scottish Gaelic làr (“floor, ground, earth”), Welsh llawr (“ground, pavement”), Latin plānus (“level, flat”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English flor from Old English flōr pelə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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