of room
1 [C,usually sing.] the surface of a room that you walk on:
a wooden / concrete / marble floor * ceramic floor tiles * The body was lying on the kitchen floor. * The furniture and floor coverings date from the 1920s. * The alterations should give us extra floor space. -< EARTH
of vehicle
2 (AmE also floorboard) [C,usually sing.] the bottom surface of a vehicle:
The floor of the car was covered in cigarette ends.
level of building
3 [C] all the rooms that are on the same level of a building:
Her office is on the second floor. * the Irish guy who lives two floors above * There is a lift to all floors. * Their house is on three floors (= it has three floors).
seealsoGROUNDFLOOR -> STOREY
of the sea / forests
4 [C,usually sing.] the ground at the bottom of the sea, a forest, etc:
the ocean / valley / cave / forest floor
in parliament
5 (the floor) [sing.] the part of a building where discussions or debates are held, especially in a parliament; the people who attend a discussion or debate:
Opposition politicians registered their protest on the floor of the House. * We will now take any questions from the floor.
area for work
6 [C,usually sing.] an area in a building that is used for a particular activity:
on the floor of the Stock Exchange (= where trading takes place)
seealsoDANCEFLOOR, FACTORYFLOOR, SHOPFLOOR
for wages / prices
7 [C,usually sing.] the lowest level allowed for wages or prices:
Prices have gone through the floor (= fallen to a very low level).
compareCEILING(2)
IDIOMS
get / be given / have the floor to get/be given/have the right to speak during a discussion or debate
hold the floor to speak during a discussion or debate, especially for a long time so that nobody else is able to say anything:
She held the floor for over an hour.
take (to) the floor to start dancing on a DANCEFLOOR:
Couples took the floor for the last dance of the evening.
moreatGROUNDFLOOR, WIPEv.
verb [VN]
surprise / confuse
1 to surprise or confuse sb so that they are not sure what to say or do:
His reply completely floored me.
hit
2 [usuallypassive] to make sb fall down by hitting them, especially in a sport:
He was floored by the first punch.
building / room
3 [usuallypassive] to provide a building or room with a floor
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BRITISH/AMERICAN
floor
In BrE the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor, the one above it is the first floor and the one below it is the basement, or lower ground floor in a public building.
In AmE the floor at street level is usually called the first floor, the one above it is the second floor and the one below it is the basement. In public buildings the floor at street level can also be called the ground floor.
-<noteatSTOREY
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