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

That dining area converts over into a single bed, filling out the three-person maximum sleeping capacity for this floor plan in conjunction with the transverse bed in the alcove. — New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026

Built for indoor-outdoor living, the Los Angeles–area dwelling features an open floor plan that spills out to the yard via hideaway glass walls. — Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026

Unlike Monteverde with its open floor plan, high ceilings, and rollicking decibel level, Lo So will be quieter as befits a restaurant in a residential neighborhood. — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

The floor plan included a fireplace, an attic, a basement with an outside entrance, a main level bedroom and full bathroom, as well as upper-level bedrooms and bathrooms. — Michele Lerner, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for floor plan

• afghan
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• caveman
• chapin
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• dextran
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