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Meaning Of Floor

  1. n.
    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. n.
    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. n.
    The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
  4. n.
    A story of a building. See Story.
  5. n.
    The part of the house assigned to the members.
  6. n.
    The right to speak.
  7. n.
    That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  8. n.
    The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
  9. n.
    A horizontal, flat ore body.
  10. v. t.
    To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
  11. v. t.
    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. v. t.
    To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.



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