flooring

1 of 2

noun

floor·​ing ˈflȯr-iŋ 

1

: floor, base

2

: material for floors

flooring

2 of 2

present participle of floor entry 2

Examples of flooring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The wing’s furniture and chairs were completely destroyed while its parquet flooring was partially burnt. — News Desk, Artforum, 25 Aug. 2026

According to a report by United24, the Ukrainian government–run platform, the fire destroyed the museum’s historic plasterwork, parquet flooring, furniture, and books, as well as the building’s electrical and heating infrastructure. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

The 27-year-old is also an entrepreneur who owns two flooring and turf companies, per an interview on The Pageant Project podcast last month. — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Terra-cotta flooring leads you to the living room where French doors open up directly to the water. — Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for flooring

• boring
• coring
• poring
• pouring
• roaring
• scoring
• shoring
• snoring
• soaring
• storing
• warring
• whoring

Kids Definition

flooring

noun

floor·​ing ˈflōr-iŋ 

ˈflȯr-

1

: floor entry 1 sense 1

2

: material for floors