that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of rooms, apartments, or the like, and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story.
a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor.
one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor.
a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor.
the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel.
a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean.
the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak.
the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor.
the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc.: There are only two salesclerks on the floor.
the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc.
the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor.
Mining. an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat.
Nautical.
the bottom of a hull.
any of a number of deep, transverse framing members at the bottom of a steel or iron hull, generally interrupted by and joined to any vertical keel or keelsons.
the lowermost member of a frame in a wooden vessel.
verb (used with object)
to cover or furnish with a floor.
to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow.
to overwhelm; defeat.
to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem.
Also floorboard. to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.
Idioms for floor
mop / wipe the floor with, Informal. to overwhelm completely; defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents.
take the floor, to arise to address a meeting.
Origin of floor
before 900; Middle English flor,Old English flōr; cognate with Old Norse flōr,Middle Low German vlōr,Middle High German vluor (German Flur)
OTHER WORDS FROM floor
floorless,adjectiveun·der·floor,nounun·floor,verb (used with object)