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 hotel’s restaurant, Second Bar + Kitchen, is also on the first floor, as is Rickhouse Brewing.
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
The Knitters evacuated as water filled their basement and rose into the first floor.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The building has commercial space on the first floor and apartments on the second and third floors, Hopkins said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
Many of us headed straight for the harbor, which is dotted with colorful, multi-story buildings, most of which have restaurants on the first floor.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
The Knitters evacuated as water filled their basement and rose into the first floor.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The building has commercial space on the first floor and apartments on the second and third floors, Hopkins said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
Many of us headed straight for the harbor, which is dotted with colorful, multi-story buildings, most of which have restaurants on the first floor.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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