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

This two-story house presents a roomy floor plan, featuring four bedrooms and three baths. —Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026

Open floor plans need private spaces with doors that close. —Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026

There’s another type of floor plan in between these two extremes. —Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2026

Priced from the $400s to over $1 million, homes offer a range of floor plans and architectural styles from respected builders, including American Legend, Bloomfield, Cadence, Drees, Highland, Perry and Tradition. —Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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