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 office was on the first floor, and Diane said that’s where Denise usually spent the workday.
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Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Maguire said the courthouse has one courtroom on its first floor that could accommodate so many defendants together, but that courtroom needs to remain available for arraignment hearings.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
If a building has no basement, a car will always arrive at the first floor from above and then continue its journey upward.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
The project would add 255 square feet to the first floor and 1,904 square feet to the second floor, with balconies.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Maguire said the courthouse has one courtroom on its first floor that could accommodate so many defendants together, but that courtroom needs to remain available for arraignment hearings.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
If a building has no basement, a car will always arrive at the first floor from above and then continue its journey upward.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
The project would add 255 square feet to the first floor and 1,904 square feet to the second floor, with balconies.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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 28 Apr. 2026.
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