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

The rooms There's a room type for just about every type of traveler, with six floor plans. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

The 2025 floor plan consisted of five plazas, which offer areas of rest and food and beverage options as well as a view of several clusters of galleries. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Lume That said, fitting a toilet room inside one's smallest, most affordable floor plan is a win in itself, particularly for buyers looking to stray from organized campgrounds with central bathrooms. — New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026

Visio covers a wide range of projects, including flowcharts, process maps, floor plans, network diagrams, and organizational charts. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for floor plan

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