floor-through

noun

: an apartment that occupies an entire floor of a building

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The place had belonged to a former photography director of this magazine, Jordan Schaps, who started renting the 700-square-foot floor-through for $135 a month in 1975. Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2025 With its floor-through dwellings, celebrity penthouse, secret passageways, and camaraderie (begrudging or otherwise) between residents both longtime and new, the Arconia is a world within itself. Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 8 Sep. 2025 Later, after the rest of the city’s inhabitants have been wiped out by a colossal storm, Baucis and Philemon issue their requests to the gods and are granted, first, a floor-through loft in Chinatown. Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of floor-through was in 1967

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“Floor-through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor-through. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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