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ALL meanings of floor

floor
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  • noun floor indoor ground surface 1
  • noun floor flooring: material structure 1
  • noun floor building: storey, level 1
  • transitive verb floor install flooring in 1
  • transitive verb floor knock down 1
  • transitive verb floor stun 1
  • noun floor bottom surface 1
  • noun floor lower limit 1
  • noun floor stock exchange 1
  • 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
  • noun floor a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean. 1
  • noun floor the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak. 1
  • noun floor the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor. 1
  • noun floor the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc.: There are only two salesclerks on the floor. 1
  • noun floor the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc. 1
  • noun floor the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor. 1
  • noun floor Mining. an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat. 1
  • noun floor Nautical. the bottom of a hull. any of a number of deep, transverse framing members at the bottom of a steel or iron hull, generally interrupted by and joined to any vertical keel or keelsons. the lowermost member of a frame in a wooden vessel. 1
  • verb with object floor to cover or furnish with a floor. 1
  • verb with object floor to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow. 1
  • verb with object floor to overwhelm; defeat. 1
  • verb with object floor to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem. 1
  • verb with object floor Also, floorboard. to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power. 1
  • idioms floor mop / wipe the floor with, Informal. to overwhelm completely; defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents. 1
  • idioms floor take the floor, to arise to address a meeting. 1
  • noun floor The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk. 1
  • noun floor The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room. 0
  • noun floor Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). 0
  • noun floor The lower inside surface of a hollow space. 0
  • noun floor A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories. 0
  • noun floor The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge. 0
  • noun floor A storey/story of a building. 0
  • noun floor In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery. 0
  • noun floor Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event. 0
  • noun floor (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 0
  • noun floor (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. 0
  • noun floor (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body. 0
  • noun floor (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number. 0
  • noun floor (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface. 0
  • noun floor (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap. 0
  • noun floor A dance floor. 0
  • verb floor To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down. 0
  • verb floor To silence by a conclusive answer or retort. 0
  • verb floor To amaze or greatly surprise. 0
  • verb floor (Colloquial) To finish or make an end of. 0
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