floor

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A man polishes the floor with a buffer.

noun

The definition of floor is the bottom surface of a room, the bottom of something, or a level in a building.
1. An example of a floor is the bottom surface of a kitchen.
2. An example of a floor is the lowest price that will be charged.
3. An example of a floor is the level in a building; the fifth floor.

verb

Floor is defined as to cover with a bottom surface, or to press down or astound someone.
1. An example of floor is to put down a new carpet in a room.
2. An example of floor is to push the car accelerator as far down as possible.
3. An example of floor is to surprise someone, knocking him down in the process.

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floor

the inside bottom surface of a room, hall, etc., on which one stands or walks
the bottom surface of anything: the ocean floor
the platform of a bridge, pier, etc.
a level or story in a building: an office on the sixth floor
: with the
1. the part of a legislative chamber, stock exchange, etc. occupied by the members and not including the gallery or platform
2. such members as a group
the part of a factory, store, etc. where the main activity of the business takes place
1. that portion of a ballroom, nightclub, etc. on which the patrons dance
  in full dance floor
2. that portion of a casino where patrons gamble
permission or the right to speak in an assembly: with the: to ask a chairman for the floor
a lower limit set on anything, as by official regulation

Origin of floor

Middle English flor from OE, akin to German flur, a plain from Indo-European base an unverified form pl?-, broad, flat from source plain

to cover or furnish with a floor
to knock down
Informal
1. to be the victor over; defeat
2. to flabbergast; astound
Informal to press down to the floor: often in the phrase floor it, to depress the accelerator of a vehicle to the floorboard in order to go as fast as possible

floor Idioms

from the floor

Basketball

during the time of a game when active defense is permitted: the team shot 56% from the floor

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floor

noun

a. The surface of a room on which one stands.
b. The lower or supporting surface of a structure.
a. A story or level of a building.
b. The occupants of such a story: The entire floor complained about the noise.
a. A level surface or area used for a specified purpose: a dance floor; a threshing floor.
b. Basketball The court viewed as the playing area for taking free throws, in contrast to the foul line: The forwards made only six shots from the floor.
The surface of a structure on which vehicles travel.
a. The part of a legislative chamber or meeting hall where members are seated and from which they speak.
b. The right to address an assembly, as granted under parliamentary procedure.
c. The body of assembly members: a motion from the floor.
The part of a room or building where the principal business or work takes place, especially:
a. The area of an exchange where securities are traded.
b. The part of a retail store in which merchandise is displayed and sales are made.
c. The area of a factory where the product is manufactured or assembled.
The ground or lowermost surface, as of a forest or ocean.
A lower limit or base: a pricing floor; a bidding floor.

transitive verb

floored, floor·ing, floors

To provide with a floor.
Informal To press (the accelerator of a motor vehicle) to the floor.
a. To knock down.
b. To stun; overwhelm: The very idea floored me.

Origin of floor

Middle English flor from Old English flōr ; see pelə-² in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

floor′er
noun

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Noun

(plural floors)

The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room.
The room has a wooden floor.
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.
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.
(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.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present floors, present participle flooring, simple past and past participle floored)

To cover or furnish with a floor.
floor a house with pine boards
To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
floor an opponent
To amaze or greatly surprise.
We were floored by his confession.
(colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
floor a college examination

Related terms

back to the floor
dance floor
floor cloth
floor cramp
floor heating
floor light
flooring
floor plan
ground floor, first floor, second floor, etc.
thirteenth floor
mezzanine floor, mezzanine
ocean floor
shop floor
take the floor
top floor
trading floor

Origin

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”).

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floor - Investment & Finance Definition

The main trading area of a stock, futures, or options exchange.
A minimum price level received by the seller in a financial transaction.

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