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ground floor

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ground floor
n.
1. The floor of a building at or nearest ground level.
2. Informal The beginning of a venture, especially regarded as a position of advantage: investors vying to get in on the ground floor of a development project.

ground floor
Noun
the floor of a building that is level, or almost level, with the ground
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Noun1.ground floorground floor - the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building
storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
2.ground floor - becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage); "he got in on the ground floor"
beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
Translations
Spanish ground floor n (BRIT) → planta baja
French ground floor ground n (Brit) → rez-de-chaussée m
German ground floor ground nErdgeschoss nt, Erdgeschoß nt (Österr)
Italian ground floor npianterreno

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A SILKEN-EARED Spaniel, who traced his descent from King Charles the Second of England, chanced to look into a mirror which was leaning against the wainscoting of a room on the ground floor of his mistress's house.
We reached the chateau, and, as we approached it, saw four gendarmes pacing in front of a little door in the ground floor of the donjon.
I got in late and was shown to my room on the ground floor by an apologetic night-clerk with a tallow candle, which he considerately left with me.
 
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