floor
n
1 (Also called)
flooring the inner lower surface of a room
2 a storey of a building
the second floor
3 a flat bottom surface in or on any structure
the floor of a lift, a dance floor
4 the bottom surface of a tunnel, cave, river, sea, etc.
5 (Mining) an underlying stratum
6 (Nautical) the bottom, or the lowermost framing members at the bottom, of a vessel
7 that part of a legislative hall in which debate and other business is conducted
8 the right to speak in a legislative or deliberative body (esp. in the phrases get, have, or be given the floor)
9 the room in a stock exchange where trading takes place
11 a minimum price charged or paid
a wage floor
12 ♦
take the floor to begin dancing on a dance floor
vb
13 to cover with or construct a floor
14 tr to knock to the floor or ground
15 tr Informal to disconcert, confound, or defeat to be floored by a problem (Old English flor; related to Old Norse florr, Middle Low German vlor floor, Latin planus level, Greek planan to cause to wander)
first floor
n
1 (Brit) the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floor, (U.S. and Canadian term)
second floor
2 (U.S. and Canadian) another term for →
ground floor
floor leader
n (U.S. government) a member of a legislative body who organizes his party's activities
floor manager
n
1 the stage manager employed in the production of a television programme
2 a person in overall charge of one floor of a large shop or department store
floor plan
n a drawing to scale of the arrangement of rooms on one floor of a building
Compare →
elevation →
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floor show
n a series of entertainments, such as singing, dancing, and comedy acts, performed in a nightclub
floor trading
n trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
Compare →
screen trading
ground floor
n
1 the floor of a building level or almost level with the ground
2 ♦
get in on (or start from) the ground floor
Informal
a to enter a business, organization, etc., at the lowest level
b to be in a project, undertaking, etc., from its inception
ocean floor spreading
n another term for →
seafloor spreading
second floor
n
1 (Brit) the storey of a building immediately above the first and two floors up from the ground, (U.S. and Canadian term)
third floor
2 the U.S. and Canadian term for →
first floor
shop floor
n
1 the part of a factory housing the machines and men directly involved in production
a workers, esp. factory workers organized in a union
b (as modifier)
shop-floor protest