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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The new Columbia Learning Center, to be located on the first floor of Kennedy Space Center's Operations Support Building 1 (OSB-1), will be divided into three areas. Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025 The project, Morton said, is centered around The Fish Market, which will continue as a full-service seafood restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining on the new building’s first floor. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025 The first floor houses a dining room, workshop, and two-car garage. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025 Nuestra Cartagena also includes Hart's Townhouse Hotel, home to a stunning rooftop bar and pool and Members Only, a jazz club tucked away on the first floor. Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for first floor

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of first floor was in the 15th century

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“First floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20floor. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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