Floor

Quick meaning: Floor is a noun meaning (countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

Meaning

(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

More Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal, colloquial) The ground.
2. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
3. (architecture, countable) A storey/story of a building.
4. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
5. (by extension) The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
6. (geology, biology, chiefly with a modifier) The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
7. (construction, architecture) A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.

Example Sentences

The room has a wooden floor.

Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.

The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.

After stepping off the bus, my wallet fell on the floor.

Word Forms

• floors
• flooring
• floored

Synonyms for floor

Depending on context, synonyms include possession, ground, flight, base, level, shock.

Antonyms for floor

Common opposites include ceiling, roof, sky.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deck, storey, dump, level, coldcock, base.

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