FLOOR

Floor

A floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces using modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal, or any other material that can support the expected load.

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floor

Noun

  1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room.
  2. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
  3. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
  4. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
  5. A storey/story of a building.
  6. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
  7. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
  8. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  9. The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
  10. A horizontal, flat ore body.
  11. The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
  12. An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
  13. A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.

Verb

  1. To cover or furnish with a floor.
  2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
  3. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
  4. To amaze or greatly surprise.
  5. To finish or make an end of.


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