floor

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floor

The senator stood to address the assembly from the floor.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The lower horizontal surface of a room or other structure: The part of a room that you walk on.
    • A level of a building: A storey.
    • The bottom surface of a natural space: The ground of a forest, the bed of a body of water, or the base of a cavity.
    • A large room where a specific activity happens: Especially a room for trading in an exchange or for debate in a legislature.
    • The right to speak in a formal assembly: The permission granted to a member to address the meeting.
    • A lower limit: A minimum level, as for prices or wages.

  2. Verb:

    • To provide with a floor: To cover a surface with flooring material.
    • To knock down: To strike someone so they fall to the floor.
    • To surprise or confound completely: To astonish or nonplus someone, making them unable to respond.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The kitchen has a tiled floor. (The surface you walk on in the kitchen is made of tiles.)
    • Her office is on the fifth floor. (Her office is located on the fifth level of the building.)
    • Divers explored the ocean floor. (Divers investigated the bottom of the sea.)
    • The senator asked for permission to address the floor. (The senator requested the right to speak in the legislative chamber.)
    • The government set a floor for minimum wage. (The government established a lowest allowable limit for wages.)

  • Verb:

    • They decided to floor the attic with hardwood. (They decided to cover the attic's surface with hardwood boards.)
    • The boxer floored his opponent with a powerful punch. (The boxer knocked his opponent down to the canvas.)
    • The difficult question completely floored the expert. (The challenging question utterly surprised and stumped the expert.)
Advanced Usage

  • "to have the floor": To possess the right to speak in a formal debate or meeting.

    • The representative had the floor for ten minutes to present her argument.

  • "to take the floor": To begin speaking in a formal assembly or to begin dancing.

    • After the introduction, the keynote speaker took the floor.

  • "to cross the floor" (Politics): To change one's party allegiance, literally by moving to sit with a different party in a legislative chamber.

    • The MP shocked everyone when he crossed the floor to join the opposition.
Variants and Related Words

  • Flooring (n): Material used to make a floor.

    • They chose marble flooring for the entrance hall.

  • Floorboard (n): A long plank used in constructing a floor.

    • The old floorboards creaked with every step.
Synonyms
  • Noun (surface): Ground, deck, pavement.
  • Noun (level): Storey, level, deck.
  • Verb (knock down): Deck, knock down, fell.
  • Verb (surprise): Astonish, astound, stun, nonplus.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Floor it (informal): To press a vehicle's accelerator to the floor, i.e., to drive at full speed.
    • When the light turned green, he floored it and sped away.
Related Idioms

  • Mop/wipe the floor with someone: To defeat someone decisively in a competition or argument.

    • The debate team mopped the floor with their opponents.

  • Get in on the ground floor: To become involved in a project or enterprise at its very beginning.

    • Investors who got in on the ground floor saw huge returns.
floor

The senator stood to address the assembly from the floor.

Noun
  1. a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
    • he is a floor trader
  2. the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
    • there was a motion from the floor
  3. the parliamentary right to address an assembly
    • the chairman granted him the floor
  4. the occupants of a floor
    • the whole floor complained about the lack of heat
  5. the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
    • the floor of the pelvis
    • the floor of the cave
  6. the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
  7. the ground on which people and animals move about
    • the fire spared the forest floor
  8. a lower limit
    • the government established a wage floor
  9. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
    • what level is the office on?
  10. the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
    • they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
    • we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
Verb
  1. knock down with force
    • He decked his opponent
  2. surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
    • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

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