floor plan

noun

1

: a scale diagram of a room or suite of rooms viewed from above and used especially for planning effective use and arrangement of furnishings

looking at the builder's floor plan

2

: the layout of a room or a suite of rooms

On the ground floor, design architects removed some walls to create an open floor plan with lots of light …

—Colleen O'Connor

a house with an unusual floor plan

Examples of floor plan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All workstations include sit-stand desks, complemented by private phone booths for quiet focus within the open floor plan. — Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026

The three room categories—Deluxe, Blue Lagoon, and Oceanfront—differ only in location and views, not in floor plan or amenities. — Norm Bour, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026

In the second study, one judge reported having home floor plans leaked and building a safe room. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

With popularity dating back to the 1950s, open-concept layouts are floor plans that intentionally don’t have any dividing walls between rooms to create one large space. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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