ground floor

noun

plural ground floors

1

: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : first floor sense 1

2

: a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants

—used especially in the phrase in on the ground floor

investors who got in on the ground floor

Examples of ground floor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Accessibility The restaurant, bar, pool, and ground floor rooms (with grab bars in the bathrooms) are all fully accessible by wheelchair. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026

The store has already opened the Fragrance Lounge on the lower ground floor and a concept space called The Beauty Studio on the ground floor. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 7 July 2026

Residences in the Metropolitan, a 10-story tower built in 1913, are nearly filled with tenants but its ground floor retail spaces on Broadway and 5th Street are unoccupied, as are other street-level stores in downtown’s Historic Core. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

Elsewhere in the open-plan ground floor, which includes a living area, dining area, kitchen, and family room, Freudenberger placed various custom shelving units with abundant storage. — Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ground floor

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore