Word Direct Answers

What does "floor" mean?

Floor: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
  2. 3.A story of a building. See Story.
  3. 4.(Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.] Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
  4. 5.(Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  5. 6.(Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond. Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. -- Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. -- Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor. -- Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.
  6. 7.To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
  7. 8.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. Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.
  8. 9.To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] I've floored my little-go work. T. Hughes.

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