first floor
noun
plural first floors
1
: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : ground floor sense 1
2
chiefly British
: the floor next above the ground floor
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Brown-Forman Master Distiller Emeritus Chris Morris personally selected these barrels from the 4th floor of Warehouse J and the first floor of Warehouse G at the Brown-Forman Distillery from two production dates in 2007.
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
On the first floor, my kids are constantly tracking in dirt from soccer practice, and the second floor is now a residence for dust bunnies.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
Neighbors, who spoke to ABC 7, said that some of the home's surviving residents who lived on the first floor tried to save the victims upstairs, but the stairs were ablaze.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
The project would take up about 14,000 square feet of former retail space on the first floor of the former Woodward & Lothrup department store building, a historic landmark that was rehabilitated more than 20 years ago.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
On the first floor, my kids are constantly tracking in dirt from soccer practice, and the second floor is now a residence for dust bunnies.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
Neighbors, who spoke to ABC 7, said that some of the home's surviving residents who lived on the first floor tried to save the victims upstairs, but the stairs were ablaze.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
The project would take up about 14,000 square feet of former retail space on the first floor of the former Woodward & Lothrup department store building, a historic landmark that was rehabilitated more than 20 years ago.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for first floor
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“First floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20floor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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