shop floor
Definition of shop floor
British
: the area where products are made in a factory proper safety procedures for the shop floor; also : the workers in a factory managerial control of the shop floor
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: a handicraft establishment : atelier
: a building or room stocked with merchandise for sale : store
: a small retail establishment or a department in a large one offering a specified line of goods or services
: to examine goods or services with intent to buy
: to hunt through a market in search of the best buy
: to make a search : hunt
: the level base of a room
: the lower inside surface of a hollow structure (such as a cave or bodily part)
: a ground surface
: to cover with a floor or flooring
: to knock or bring down
: flabbergast, dumbfound
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