Floor

  • 21floor — I UK [flɔː(r)] / US [flɔr] noun Word forms floor : singular floor plural floors *** 1) a) [countable] the flat area that you walk on inside a building or room The house has polished wooden floors. We were sitting on the floor watching TV. b) a… …

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  • 22floor — n. story 1) the first; ground; lower; main; second; top; upper floor 2) on a floor (on the second floor) (lower surface of a room ) 3) a dirt (AE), earth (BE); inlaid; parquet; tile; wooden floor 4) on a floor (he was sleeping on the floor) 5)… …

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  • 23floor — 1. noun /flɔː,flɔːɹ,floʊɹ/ a) The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room. The room has a wooden floor. b) The lower inside surface of a hollow space. Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor. Syn: possession …

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  • 24floor — A lower limit for a variable, such as the lower limit on an interest rate paid or received in a transaction. For example, an adjustable rate loan may have a floor of 5 percent. In that example, the rate can adjust however loan terms provide, but… …

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  • 25floor — floorless, adj. /flawr, flohr/, n. 1. that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks. 2. a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of …

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  • 26floor — n. & v. n. 1 a the lower surface of a room. b the boards etc. of which it is made. 2 a the bottom of the sea, a cave, a cavity, etc. b any level area. 3 all the rooms etc. on the same level of a building; a storey (lives on the ground floor;… …

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  • 27floor — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 lower surface of a room ADJECTIVE ▪ bare, cold, hard ▪ I can t sleep on the bare floor! ▪ dirty, dusty ▪ …

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  • 28floor — [[t]flɔr, floʊr[/t]] n. 1) the part of a room that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks 2) a continuous supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building and constituting one level or stage in the structure;… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29floor — /flɔ / (say flaw) noun 1. that part of a room or the like which forms its lower enclosing surface, and upon which one walks. 2. a storey of a building. Compare first floor. 3. a level supporting surface in any structure: the floor of a bridge. 4 …

  • 30floor — {{11}}floor (n.) O.E. flor floor, pavement, ground, bottom (of a lake, etc.), from P.Gmc. *floruz floor (Cf. M.Du., Du. vloer, O.N. flor floor, M.H.G. vluor, Ger. Flur field, meadow ), from PIE *plaros flat surface (Cf. Welsh llawr …

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