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floor

The English word “floor” has 26 meanings listed here.

  1. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
  2. The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
  3. The ground.
  4. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
  5. A storey/story of a building.
  6. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
  7. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
  8. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  9. A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
  10. The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
  11. The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
  12. An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
  13. A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
  14. A lower limit or minimum on a price or rate, a price floor. Opposite of a cap or ceiling.
  15. A dance floor.
  16. The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
  17. The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
  18. The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.
  19. To cover or furnish with a floor.
  20. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
  21. To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the base of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen.
  22. To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate.
  23. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
  24. To amaze or greatly surprise.
  25. To finish or make an end of.
  26. To set a lower bound.
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