Floor | Mean of floor in English Dictionary
/ˈfloɚ/
- Noun
- the part of a room on which you stand
- Keep your feet on the floor.
- washing the kitchen floor
- a marble/tile/hardwood floor
- the lower inside surface of something (such as a vehicle)
- the floor of a car
- the area of ground at the bottom of something
- the ocean floor
- the forest floor
- a level in a building
- She lives on the second floor of a five-story building.
- His office is located on the fourth floor.
- a large indoor space where people gather for some activity
- the floor of the convention/legislature
- the factory floor
- the dance floor
- buying and selling shares on the floor of the exchange
- the people who are gathered in a place for a public meeting
- He will now take questions from the floor.
- a lower limit
- establishing a floor for wages and prices
- The value of the stock has dropped/gone/fallen through the floor. [=to a very low level]
- to have the right to speak at a public meeting
- May I have the floor?
- to be the person who is speaking at a public meeting
- The senator held the floor for several hours.
- to begin speaking at a public meeting
- After Senator Smith was finished addressing the assembly, Senator White took the floor.
- to go out onto a dance floor to begin dancing
- Several couples took the floor.
- Verb
- to cover (a surface) with material to make a floor
- The lobby is floored with marble.
- to knock (someone) to the floor or ground
- He floored me with his first punch.
- to surprise, shock or amaze (someone) very much
- The news just floored me.
- I was floored by the news.
- She was floored by his knowledge of the subject.
- to press (the accelerator of a vehicle) to the floor
- When the light turned green, he floored it. [=he pressed the accelerator all the way down and sped away]