floor

floor (flôr, fl

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.

3. A level surface or area used for a specified purpose: a dance floor; a threshing floor.

4. 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.

6. 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.

7. The ground or lowermost surface, as of a forest or ocean.

8. A lower limit or base: a pricing floor; a bidding floor.

tr.v. floored, floor·ing, floors

1. To provide with a floor.

2. 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.

[Middle English flor, from Old English flr; see pel-² in Indo-European roots.]

floorer n.

floor

Noun

1. the lower surface of a room

2. a storey of a building

3. a flat bottom surface: the ocean floor

4. that part of a legislative hall in which debate is conducted

5. a minimum limit: a wages floor for low-paid employees

6. have the floor to have the right to speak in a debate or discussion

Verb

1. to knock to the ground

2. Informal to disconcert or defeat [Old English flōr]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	floor - 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" flooring bell deck - a floor under the bells of an open belfry dance floor - a bare floor polished for dancing floorboard - the floor of an automobile hall, hallway - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall" horizontal surface, level - a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line; "park the car on the level" parquet, parquet floor - a floor made of parquetry room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" truck bed - the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer
	2.	floor - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" storey, story, level basement, cellar - the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" first floor, ground floor, ground level - the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building attic, garret, loft - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage loft - floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space entresol, mezzanine floor, mezzanine - intermediate floor just above the ground floor structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
	3.	floor - a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" base control - the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls" price floor - floor below which prices are not allowed to fall; "the government used price supports to maintain the price floor" wage floor - floor below which wages are not allowed to fall
	4.	floor - the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor" dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
	5.	floor - the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land Earth's surface, surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
	6.	floor - the lower inside surface of any hollow structure; "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave" cave - a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea Earth's surface, surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
	7.	floor - the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
	8.	floor - the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor" right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
	9.	floor - the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor" hall - a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"
	10.	floor - a large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader" trading floor exchange - a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
Verb	1.	floor - surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" ball over, blow out of the water, shock, take aback surprise - cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" galvanise, galvanize, startle - to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"
	2.	floor - knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" coldcock, knock down, deck, dump beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"