Image:TerracinaDuomoInternoPavimentoCosmatesco1.jpg|thumb|right|An ornate floor.
English

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Etymology
Old English flor|fl�r. Cognate with Dutch vloer, German Flur �field, floor, entrance hall�, Swedish flor �floor of a cow stall�. Perhaps related to Irish urlár, Gaelic làr �floor, ground, earth�, Welsh llawr.

Pronunciation
(RP): flô, /fl��/, /<tt>flO:</tt>/
(US): flôr, /flo�r/, /fl��r/, /<tt>flO:r</tt>/
audio|en-us-floor.ogg|Audio (US)

• rhymes:English:-É�Ë�(r)|Rhymes: -É�Ë�(r)

Homophones
flaw (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun
en-noun

1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room.

#: the room has a wooden floor

1. The lower inside surface of a hollow space

#: the ocean floor
#: the floor of a cave

1. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/story|stories.
2. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
3. A storey/story of a building.

#: live on the third floor

1. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
2. US Hence, the right to speak at a given time in a legislative assembly.

#: the senator has the floor
#: be given the floor

1. nautical That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
2. mining The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
3. mining A horizontal, flat ore body.
4. mathematics The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.

#: the floor of 4.5 is 4

Synonyms
(right to speak): (British) possession

Antonyms
ceiling

Slovene: tla n|p, pod m
Spanish: piso m italbrac|Latin America, suelo m italbrac|Spain
Swedish: t+|sv|golv|n
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trans-top|horizontal structure dividing a building
Finnish: välipohja
German: t+|de|Decke|f
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trans-top|supporting surface of a structure
German: t+|de|Plattform|f, t+|de|Decke|f
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Slovene: nadstropje n
Spanish: piso m italbrac|Latin America, planta f italbrac|Spain
Swedish: t-|sv|våning|c
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trans-top|part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly
German: t-|de|Etage|f
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trans-top|right to speak in a legislative assembly
Finnish: puheenvuoro
French: parole
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Russian: t+|ru|�лово|n|trslóvo|scCyrl
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trans-top|near-horizontal part of a vessel
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trans-top|rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit
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trans-top|horizontal, flat ore body
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To cover (something) with a floor; to furnish (something) with a floor.

#: floor a house with pine boards

1. To strike down or lay level (something or someone) with the floor; to knock (something or someone) down
2. Hence, to silence (someone) by a conclusive answer or retort.

#: floor an opponent
#: Floored or crushed by him. &mdash; Coleridge

1. colloquial To finish or make an end of (something).

#: floor a college examination
#: I've floored my little-go work &mdash; ed Hughes

1. To slam something down to a floor.

#: As soon as our driver saw an insurgent in a car holding a detonation device, he floored the pedal and was 2,000 feet away when that car bomb exploded. We escaped certain death in the nick of time!

Swedish: lägga golv
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trans-top|strike down
Danish: nedlægge
German: niederschlagen
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Russian: вали�� на пол#Russian|пол (valít� ná pol)
Swedish: golva
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trans-top|silence with a conclusive answer
German: niederschmettern
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trans-top|colloquial: to finish or make an end of
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Related terms
back to the floor
dance floor
floor cloth
floor cramp <!--{Floor cramp}, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. -->
floor heating
floor light <!-- {Floor light}, a frame with glass panes in a floor. -->
flooring
floor plan <!-- {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.
-->
ground floor, first floor, second floor, etc.
thirteenth floor
mezzanine floor, mezzanine
ocean floor
shop floor
take the floor
top floor
trading floor

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Category:English concrete nouns
Category:English transitive verbs
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