floor

noun, often attributive

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\ ˈflȯr

plural floors

Definition of floor

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : the level base of a room

2a : the lower inside surface of a hollow structure (such as a cave or bodily part)

b : a ground surface the ocean floor

3a : a structure dividing a building into stories also : story

b : the occupants of such a floor

4 : the surface of a structure on which one travels the floor of a bridge

5a : a main level space (as in a stock exchange or legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery

b : the specially prepared or marked area on which indoor sports events take place

c : the members of an assembly took questions from the floor

d : the right to address an assembly the senator from Utah has the floor

6 : a lower limit : base

from the floor

: in field goals as opposed to free throws made 16 of 18 shots from the floor

— see also take the floor

floor

verb

floored; flooring; floors

Definition of floor (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to cover with a floor or flooring

2a : to knock or bring down

b : flabbergast, dumbfound

3 : to press (the accelerator of a vehicle) to the floorboard also : to accelerate rapidly floored the van

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Synonyms for floor

Synonyms: Noun

bed,
bottom

Synonyms: Verb

Examples of floor in a Sentence

Noun Keep your feet on the floor. the floor of a car She lives on the second floor of a five-story building. His office is located on the fourth floor. Verb He floored me with his first punch. The news just floored me. See More

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Over a steady sequence of four-on-the-floor rhythms, Drake hardly ever raps, choosing instead to sing the way cotton candy accumulates on a twirling paper stick. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 At Captain Foxheart's Band News Bar & Spirit Lodge, expert bartenders offer it all in a classy second-floor setting where there's immense respect and love for spirits. — Robin Soslow, Chron, 19 June 2022 That work will include adding a rooftop garden to the hotel, which already boasts a seventh-floor outdoor space regarded as the highest terrace in the city. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 June 2022 His mother, Kimberly Willingham, recalled finding a bullet hole in her blinds and a bullet in the living room of their 10th-floor Cabrini-Green apartment. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2022 Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway. — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 18 June 2022 The Westgate Hotel in downtown San Diego has recently converted its second-floor fountain terrace into an outdoor dining spot named Veranda. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2022 Two people who lived in the third-floor apartment were displaced, Heflin said. — Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022 This 5,000 square foot estate has 7 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, and offers a surrounding view of the pond from the second-floor porch. — oregonlive, 17 June 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb As for the nine-speed automatic, its chunky shift paddles are part of an incredibly simple arming procedure for its new launch control: Hold the brake pedal, pull back on both paddles, floor the accelerator, release the brakes, and hang on. — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 16 May 2022 The pain clearly lingered for the Argentine, and Charlo pounced with a combination of a right hook to the body and a left to the head to floor Castano for good. — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022 Take out the hard launch and floor it from a 5-mph roll, and the 60-mph trip stretches to 5.9 seconds. — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2022 To see this on a screen in 2018 was enough to floor you. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2022 Still, for those who want to floor the gas pedal, several production EVs have set speed records that handily surpass most combustion engines. — Jaclyn Trop, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2022 Return hips to floor, but do not lower your right leg. — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 2 Jan. 2022 Lizzo regularly talks about the importance of body positivity, and she's also known to completely floor people with her onstage performances. — Korin Miller, Health.com, 1 Oct. 2021 The Eagles put the pedal to floor right from the start, and Independence appeared a bit intimidated. — Joe Magill, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021 See More

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