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floor

floor
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [flawr, flohr]
    • /flɔr, floʊr/
    • /flɔː(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flawr, flohr]
    • /flɔr, floʊr/

Definitions of floor word

  • noun floor that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks. 1
  • noun floor a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of rooms, apartments, or the like, and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story. 1
  • noun floor a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor. 1
  • noun floor one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor. 1
  • noun floor a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor. 1
  • noun floor the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel. 1

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Origin of floor

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English flor, Old English flōr; cognate with Old Norse flōr, Middle Low German vlōr, Middle High German vluor (German Flur)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Floor

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

floor popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

floor usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for floor

verb floor

  • baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
  • stump — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
  • dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
  • bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
  • level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.

noun floor

  • storey — story2 .
  • story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
  • deck — A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it.
  • basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
  • canvas — Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags.

Antonyms for floor

verb floor

  • abet — If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
  • retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.

noun floor

  • ceiling — A ceiling is the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room.

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