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
Examples of first floor in a Sentence
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Usually when the commissioners meet on the first floor of the Government Center in downtown Monroe, there are more vacant seats than attendees.
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Melba Newsome, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
When a 23-year-old security guard, George Alejandro Castellanos, came over to intervene, Wood shot him to death on the first floor of the bar’s covered terrace.
—Charles Rabin and, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
The discovery was particularly surprising as Gittins, who had limited formal artistic training, largely discouraged people from visiting his home, an apartment on the first floor of a Victorian duplex comprising three main rooms, a hallway, kitchen and bathroom.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
The building was originally designed with 20 rooms upstairs with a barroom, card rooms and billiard tables on the first floor.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
In the center of the first floor, practicing K-pop dance crews show off their moves.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The open-concept first floor makes the space perfect for entertaining.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
The building would have commercial uses on the first floor.
—Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
The first floor will offer two retail spaces for businesses that have not yet been announced, plus a common area for residents.
—The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
Melba Newsome, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
When a 23-year-old security guard, George Alejandro Castellanos, came over to intervene, Wood shot him to death on the first floor of the bar’s covered terrace.
—Charles Rabin and, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
The discovery was particularly surprising as Gittins, who had limited formal artistic training, largely discouraged people from visiting his home, an apartment on the first floor of a Victorian duplex comprising three main rooms, a hallway, kitchen and bathroom.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
The building was originally designed with 20 rooms upstairs with a barroom, card rooms and billiard tables on the first floor.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
In the center of the first floor, practicing K-pop dance crews show off their moves.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The open-concept first floor makes the space perfect for entertaining.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
The building would have commercial uses on the first floor.
—Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
The first floor will offer two retail spaces for businesses that have not yet been announced, plus a common area for residents.
—The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
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