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

Recent Examples on the Web

The most central girls’ bathroom was on the first floor, at the back of the school, around the corner from the corridor of orange lockers that belonged to the lower schoolers. —Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

The firefighters arrived at the correct address about 6 minutes after the initial call, discovering the entire first floor of a six-story building near Grand Ave. —Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2026

The first floor also includes a private study perfect for working from home, according to its listing. —Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026

There is, however, pandemonium on first floors, when people wishing to board will not wait for occupants to get off. —Judith Martin, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for first floor

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore