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FLOOR, n. flore. [In early ages, the inhabitants of Europe had no floor in their huts, but the ground. The sense of the word is probably that which is laid or spread.] 1. That part of a building or room on which we walk; the bottom or lower part, consisting, in modern houses, of boards, plands or pavement; as the floor of a house, room, bar, stable or outhouse.2. A platform of boards or plans laid on timbers, as in a bridge; any similar platform.3. A story in a building; as the first or second floor.4. A floor or earthen floor is still used in some kinds of business, made of loam, or of lime, sand and iron dust, as in malting.5. The bottom of a ship, or that part which is nearly horizontal.FLOOR, v.t. To lay a floor; to cover timbers with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
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FLOOR, n. flore. [In early ages, the inhabitants of Europe had no floor in their huts, but the ground. The sense of the word is probably that which is laid or spread.] 1. That part of a building or room on which we walk; the bottom or lower part, consisting, in modern houses, of boards, plands or pavement; as the floor of a house, room, bar, stable or outhouse.2. A platform of boards or plans laid on timbers, as in a bridge; any similar platform.3. A story in a building; as the first or second floor.4. A floor or earthen floor is still used in some kinds of business, made of loam, or of lime, sand and iron dust, as in malting.5. The bottom of a ship, or that part which is nearly horizontal.FLOOR, v.t. To lay a floor; to cover timbers with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards. |
FLOOR, n. [flore; Sax. flor, flore; D. vloer; W. llawr, and clawr, the earth or ground, an area, or ground plot, a floor; Ir. lar, and urlar; Basque, or Cantabrian, lurra; Arm. leur, flat land or floor; G. flur, a field, level ground or floor. In early ages, the inhabitants of Europe had no floor in their huts, but the ground. The sense of the word is probably that which is laid or spread.]- That part of a building or room on which we walk; the bottom or lower part, consisting, in modern houses, of boards, planks, or pavement; as, the floor of a house, room, barn, stable, or outhouse.
- A platform of boards or planks laid on timbers, as in a bridge; any similar platform.
- A story in a building; as, the first or second floor.
- A floor or earthen floor is still used in some kinds of business, made of loam or of lime, sand and iron dust, as in malting. Encyc.
- The bottom of a ship, or that part which is nearly horizontal. Mar. Dict.
FLOOR, v.t.To lay a floor; to cover timbers with a floor; to furnish with a floor, as, to floor a house with pine boards. |
Floor
- The bottom or lower
part of any room] the part upon which we stand and upon which the
movables in the room are supported.
- To cover with a floor] to
furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine
boards.
- 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.
- 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.
- The surface, or the platform, of a
structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a
bridge.
- To finish or make an end of; as, to
floor a college examination.
- A story of a building. See
Story.
- The part of the house assigned to the
members.
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Floor FLOOR, noun flore. [In early ages, the inhabitants of Europe had no floor in their huts, but the ground. The sense of the word is probably that which is laid or spread.] 1. That part of a building or room on which we walk; the bottom or lower part, consisting, in modern houses, of boards, plands or pavement; as the floor of a house, room, bar, stable or outhouse. 2. A platform of boards or plans laid on timbers, as in a bridge; any similar platform. 3. A story in a building; as the first or second floor 4. A floor or earthen floor is still used in some kinds of business, made of loam, or of lime, sand and iron dust, as in malting. 5. The bottom of a ship, or that part which is nearly horizontal. FLOOR, verb transitive To lay a floor; to cover timbers with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards. |
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