Floor
Floor (flōr) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon flōr; akin to Dutch vloer, German flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icelandic flōr floor of a cow stall, compare Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, Welsh llawr, perh. akin to Latin planus level. Compare 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.
(a) (Legislative Assemblies) The part of the house assigned to the members.
(b)
(Legislative Assemblies) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has the floor. [United States]
Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
6.
(Nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
7.
(a) (Mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
(b)
(Mining) A horizontal, flat ore body. — Raymond
Collocations (4)
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 (Shipbuilding) , A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. 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.
Floor , transitive verb
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.
3.
To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloquial]
I've floored my little-go work.