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

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An analysis of the most affordable leases at 25 Lawrence apartment complexes found that the average floor plan is 693 square feet. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025 Each floor plan has a similar number of rooms: even in the two-bedroom townhouse, there is an additional room upstairs that can be used as a den or an office, Swingruber said. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025 The large bus windshield blends seamlessly into full-length window lines on both sides immediately after the A-pillars, providing generous views of the scenery from all parts of the floor plan, including the rear bedroom. New Atlas, 15 June 2025 The floor plan is unchanged as well, with an open flow between the living room, dining room, and den. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for floor plan

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of floor plan was in 1831

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“Floor plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20plan. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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