floor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
    flooring.
    • they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
    • we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
  2. noun a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
    story; level; storey.
    • what level is the office on?
  3. noun a lower limit
    base.
    • the government established a wage floor
  4. noun the ground on which people and animals move about
    • the fire spared the forest floor
  5. noun the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
  6. noun the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
    • the floor of the pelvis
    • the floor of the cave
  7. noun the occupants of a floor
    • the whole floor complained about the lack of heat
  8. noun the parliamentary right to address an assembly
    • the chairman granted him the floor
  9. noun the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
    • there was a motion from the floor
  10. noun a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
    trading floor.
    • he is a floor trader
  11. verb surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
    take aback; shock; ball over; blow out of the water.
    • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
  12. verb knock down with force
    knock down; dump; coldcock; deck.
    • He decked his opponent

WordNet

Floor noun
Etymology
AS. flr; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. flr floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.
Definitions
  1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
  2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
  3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
  4. A story of a building. See Story.
  5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. U.S. ✍ Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
  6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond.
Floor transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Floored ; present participle & verbal noun Flooring
Definitions
  1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
  2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent.
    Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.
  3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. Colloq.
    I've floored my little-go work. T. Hughes.

Webster 1913