flooring Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
    floor.
    • they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
    • we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
  2. noun building material used in laying floors
  3. verb surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
    take aback; shock; ball over; blow out of the water; floor.
    • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
  4. verb knock down with force
    knock down; floor; dump; coldcock; deck.
    • He decked his opponent

WordNet

Floor"ing noun
Definitions
  1. A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n. Addison.
  2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.

Webster 1913