second floor
noun
1
US
: the floor just above the lowest floor
2
British
: the floor that is two floors above the ground floor level
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To brighten up the attic-like second floor, the full-service design-build firm renovated and remodeled it to create two bedrooms and one bath for the homeowners’ children, inspiring exterior improvements to match.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Ben Von Bargen said in 2014 the fire started toward the rear of the second floor, and got into the walls and spread to the third floor and the attic.
—Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2026
Someone has been shot, and the shooters are on the second floor of the museum, they are told.
—Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Then, they were escorted to the second floor, which houses its Korean restaurant, tea pavilion, and library.
—Glamour, 9 Apr. 2026
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Ben Von Bargen said in 2014 the fire started toward the rear of the second floor, and got into the walls and spread to the third floor and the attic.
—Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2026
Someone has been shot, and the shooters are on the second floor of the museum, they are told.
—Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Then, they were escorted to the second floor, which houses its Korean restaurant, tea pavilion, and library.
—Glamour, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Second floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20floor. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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