floor-through

noun

: an apartment that occupies an entire floor of a building

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Wrightsman moved into her 7,000-square-foot floor-through in the 1950s, filling it with French antiques, and stayed until her death in 2019 at age 99. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 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 4 Sep. 2025.

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