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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Tickets are $50 for premium first floor and $40 for balcony seating.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Culture Minister Rachida Dati later told TF1 that the gang broke into the Galerie d’Apollon — a sumptuous room on the first floor of the Petite Galerie that has housed the French crown jewels since 1887 — and that a piece of jewelry was recovered during the escape.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Ocean-facing rooms are a bit larger, at 430 square feet; note that the Superior Ocean View rooms, on the first floor, provide only a partial view, while the views from the Deluxe Ocean Front rooms are unobstructed.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Next door to the Moores, an unhappy young couple had rented a room on the first floor of an ancient duplex, a house with debris in the yard that included bedsprings and shopping carts.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Culture Minister Rachida Dati later told TF1 that the gang broke into the Galerie d’Apollon — a sumptuous room on the first floor of the Petite Galerie that has housed the French crown jewels since 1887 — and that a piece of jewelry was recovered during the escape.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Ocean-facing rooms are a bit larger, at 430 square feet; note that the Superior Ocean View rooms, on the first floor, provide only a partial view, while the views from the Deluxe Ocean Front rooms are unobstructed.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Next door to the Moores, an unhappy young couple had rented a room on the first floor of an ancient duplex, a house with debris in the yard that included bedsprings and shopping carts.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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“First floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20floor. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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