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floor·ing

(flôr′ĭng)

1. A floor.

2. Material, such as lumber or tile, used in making floors.

flooring

(ˈflɔːrɪŋ)

1. (Building) the material used in making a floor, esp the surface material

2. (Building) another word for floor¹

floor•ing

(ˈflɔr ɪŋ, ˈfloʊr-)

n.

1. a floor.

2. floors collectively.

3. materials for making floors.

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Noun	1.	flooring - 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" floor 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.	flooring - building material used in laying floors building material - material used for constructing buildings

Translations

مواد تغطيَة المصْطَبَه

podlahový materiál

gulvbeklædninggulvbelægning

Fußbodenbelag

recouvrement de soi

padlózat

gólfefni

assito pavimentazione

gulvbelegg

podlahová krytina

döşemelik

铺地板的材料

flooring

[ˈflɔːrɪŋ] N → suelo m; (= material) → solería f

flooring

[ˈflɔːrɪŋ] n

(= covering) → revêtement m de sol

(= floor) → sol m (= wooden floor) → plancher m

(= boards, laminate) → matériau m pour planchers, matériaux mpl pour planchersfloor lamp n (US) → lampadaire mfloor plan n → plan m de niveaufloor polish n → cire ffloor show n → spectacle m de variétés

flooring

(= floor) → (Fuß)boden m

(= material) → Fußbodenbelag m

flooring

[ˈflɔːrɪŋ] n (floor) → pavimento; (material) → materiale m per pavimentazioni

floor

(floː) noun

1. the surface in a room etc on which one stands or walks.

2. all the rooms on the same level in a building. My office is on the third floor.

verb

1. to make or cover a floor. We've floored the kitchen with plastic tiles.

2. to knock down. He floored him with a powerful blow.

be floored

1. be completely surprised or shocked. We were completely floored by his behavior.

2. to have a floor of. Our bathroom is floored with ceramic tiles.

-floored

having a floor or floors (of a particular kind). a stone-floored kitchen.

ˈfloorboard noun

one of the narrow boards used to make a floor.

ˈflooring noun

material for making or covering floors.

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