Meaning of floor | Babel Free

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1. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
   countable
2. Floor, apartment.
3. having a floor or floors (of a particular kind). a stone-floored kitchen. 'n klipvloerkombuis ذو مصْطَبَه с под de chão s podlahou z ...-gefliest belagt; -belagt με δάπεδο συγκεκριμένου είδους (ως β΄ συνθ.) con suelo... -põrandaga کف -lattia à sol de/en מְרוּצָף ב- किसी चीज का फर्श होना podovi od burkolatú berlantai -lagður, með gólf úr con pavimento in (...) －床の ...바닥재의 su... grindimis ar ... grīdu berlantai bevloerd med –gulv o ... podłodze مځكه de chão cu podea de полом s dlážkou (z) s (ka...
4. The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
5. one of the narrow boards used to make a floor. vloerplank لوْح حشب الأرضِيَّه أو المصْطَبَه дъска tábua podlahové prkno die Fußbodenplanke gulvbræt σανίδι δαπέδου tabla põrandalaud تختۀ کف lattialauta latte קֶרֶש רִיצפָּה फर्शी-तख्त podna daska padlódeszka papan lantai gólffjöl tavola di pavimento 床板 바닥 널 grindų lenta grīdas dēlis papan lantai vloerplank gulvbord/-planke deska podłogowa د څمکی تخته tábua scândură (de parchet) половица dlážková doska talna deska podna daska golvbräda, golvtilj...
6. The ground.
   UK, colloquial, dialectal
7. material for making or covering floors. vloer; vloermateriaal مواد تغطيَة المصْطَبَه настилка pavimento podlahový materiál der Fußbodenbelag gulvbelægning; gulvbeklædning επίστρωση δαπέδου pavimento põranda(katte)materjal کفپوش lattianpäällyste recouvrement de sol חוֹמֶר רִיצוּף फर्श, फर्श का सामान materijal za podenje padló(zat) pelapis lantai gólfefni materiale da pavimentazione 床材 마루 재료, 바닥재 grindų danga grīdas segums pelapis lantai bevloering gulvbelegg materiał na podłogę هر هغه شى چه غو...
8. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
9. piso, suelo.
10. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
11. The surface of a room on which one stands.
12. A storey/story of a building.
    countable
13. A story or level of a building.
14. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
15. A level surface or area used for a specified purpose: a dance floor; a threshing floor.
16. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
    broadly
17. The surface of a structure on which vehicles travel.
18. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
19. The part of a legislative chamber or meeting hall where members are seated and from which they speak.
20. A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
21. The part of a room or building where the principal business or work takes place, especially:a. The area of an exchange where securities are traded.
22. The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
23. The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
24. An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
25. A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
26. A lower limit or minimum on a price or rate, a price floor. Opposite of a cap or ceiling.
27. A dance floor.
28. The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
29. The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
30. The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.

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Examples

“The room has a wooden floor.”

“A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.”

“The leaves covering the forest floor provide many hiding-places for small animals.”

“Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.”

“The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.”

“The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.”

“After stepping off the bus, my wallet fell on the floor.”

“Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.”

“For years we lived on the third floor.”

“When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.”

“Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?”

“The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.”

“The floor of 4.5 is 4.”

“She's a maniac, maniac on the floor / And she's dancing like she never danced before”

“Open the door, get on the floor / Everybody walk the dinosaur”

“Meet me on the floor tonight Show me how to move like the water”

“At each table stood a young, slim, poker-faced croupier serving the punters who anxiously watched the turning of the cards. The next two floors were similar though not quite as spectacular and the stakes were lower.”

“The conference started as an impromptu session in the coffee shop this morning when waitresses walked off the floor rather than serve four Negro men and women delegates.”

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