meaning of floor
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. The part of the house assigned to the members.
6. The right to speak.
7. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
8. The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
9. A horizontal, flat ore body.
10. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
11. 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.
12. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.
13. the inside lower horizontal surface as of a room or hallway; "they needed rugs to cover the bare
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