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English Dictionary: floor	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for floor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floor n 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" Synonym(s): floor, flooring a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" Synonym(s): floor, level, storey, story a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" Synonym(s): floor, base the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor" the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water the lower inside surface of any hollow structure; "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave" the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor" the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor" a large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader" Synonym(s): floor, trading floor v surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" Synonym(s): shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" Synonym(s): deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floor \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.