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 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

From floor plans to pricing to staging, students have been involved with every aspect of execution. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

For Karma, that means examining how efficiently a floor plan uses space, whether natural light is maximized, whether amenities support real routines and whether a development remains connected to the wider community as an area grows. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

The first order of business was to develop a floor plan that allowed for both sociable living and comfortable remote work. — Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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