floor in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "floor"

    • (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
    • To cover or furnish with a floor.
    • To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
    • To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
    • To amaze or greatly surprise.
    • (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
    • The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room.
    • The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
    • (archaeology) The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
    • A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
    • The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
    • A storey/story of a building.
    • In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
    • (US) Hence, the right to speak at a given time in a legislative assembly.
    • (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
    • (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
    • (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
    • (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
    • noun
      The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room.
    • noun
      Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
    • noun
      The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
    • noun
      A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
    • noun
      The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
    • noun
      A storey/story of a building.
    • noun
      In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
    • noun
      Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
    • noun
      (mining)
      The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
    • noun
      (mining)
      A horizontal, flat ore body.
    • noun
      (mathematics)
      The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
    • noun
      (gymnastics)
      An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
    • noun
      (finance)
      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.
    • noun
      A dance floor.
    • noun
      The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
    • verb
      To cover or furnish with a floor.
    • verb
      To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
    • verb
      (driving, slang)
      To accelerate rapidly.
    • verb
      To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
    • verb
      To amaze or greatly surprise.
    • verb
      (colloquial)
      To finish or make an end of.
    • verb
      (mathematics)
      To set a lower bound.
    • lower part of a room
    • horizontal structure dividing a building
    • supporting surface of a structure
    • storey/story
    • part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly
    • right to speak in a legislative assembly
    • near-horizontal part of a vessel
    • (mathematics) the largest integer less than or equal to a given number
    • cover with a floor
    • strike down
    • A level, usually consisting of several rooms, in a building that consists of several levels.
    • storey (of a building)
    • noun
      a large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"
    • noun
      a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
    • noun
      a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
    • noun
      the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
    • noun
      the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
    • noun
      the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
    • noun
      the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
    • noun
      the lower inside surface of any hollow structure; "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave"
    • noun
      the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
    • noun
      the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
    • verb
      knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
    • verb
      surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

    Synonyms of "floor" in English dictionary

    surprise, control, beat are the top synonyms of "floor" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "floor" in English dictionary

    ceiling is the antonym of "floor" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of floor

    • floor ( third-person singular simple present floors, present participle flooring, simple past and past participle floored)
    • lm  liczba mnoga floors
    • floor ( plural  floors)
    • floor (plural floors)
    • floor (third-person singular simple present floors, present participle flooring, simple past and past participle floored)
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