floor

/flɔː//flɔɹ/

noun

1
The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
“The room has a wooden floor.”
2
Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
3
The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
“Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.”
4
A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
5
The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
“Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.”
6
A storey/story of a building.
“For years we lived on the third floor.”
7
In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
8
Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
“The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.”
9
That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
10
The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
11
A horizontal, flat ore body.
12
The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
“The floor of 4.5 is 4.”
13
An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
14
A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
15
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.
16
A dance floor.
17
The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition

Synonyms

possession

Antonyms

ceiling

verb

1
To cover or furnish with a floor.
“floor a house with pine boards”
2
To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
3
(driving) To accelerate rapidly.
“As soon as our driver saw an insurgent in a car holding a detonation device, he floored the pedal and was 2,000 feet away when that car bomb exploded. We escaped certain death in the nick of time!”
4
To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
“Floored or crushed by him. — Coleridge”
5
To amaze or greatly surprise.
“We were floored by his confession.”
6
To finish or make an end of.
“I've floored my little-go work — ed Hughes”
7
To set a lower bound.

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