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floor 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?in a building?
2 ?in a car?
3 ?level in building?
4 ?ocean/forest/cave floor etc?
5 ?for dancing?
6 ?where people work?
7 ?limit?
8 the floor
9 take the floor
10 have the floor
11 go through the floor
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[Language: Old English; Origin: flor]
?IN A BUILDING?
the flat surface that you stand on inside a building
::a polished wooden floor
::There was a puddle of water on the kitchen floor.
::a warehouse that has 410,000 square feet of floor space
see usage note ground 1
?IN A CAR?
BrE the part of a car that forms its inside floor
American Equivalent: floorboard
?LEVEL IN BUILDING?
one of the levels in a building
::a ground floor flat
on the top/first/tenth etc floor
::Our office is on the top floor.
floor of
::We are located on the seventh floor of the building.
see usage note storey
?OCEAN/FOREST/CAVE FLOOR ETC?
the ground at the bottom of the ocean, the forest etc
::creatures that live on the ocean floor
see usage note ground 1
?FOR DANCING?
an area in a room where people can dance
::There were two or three couples already on the dance floor .
take (to) the floor
(=begin dancing)
::Everyone took to the floor for the last waltz.
?WHERE PEOPLE WORK?
a large area in a building where a lot of people do their jobs
::The stock market floor was wildly busy.
::He wasn't keen on the idea of working on the shop floor (=the part of a factory where people make things using machines) .
?LIMIT?
an officially agreed limit below which something cannot go
-see also ceiling ceiling
::Manufacturers have tried to put a floor under the price of their products.
the floor
a) the people attending a public meeting
::Are there any questions from the floor?
b) the part of a parliament, public meeting place etc where people sit
::The delegates crowded the floor of the House.
take the floor
to begin speaking at an important public meeting
::The chairman then took the floor.
have the floor
to be speaking or have the right to speak at an important public meeting
::He stepped aside to allow other speakers to have the floor.
go through the floor
if a price, amount etc goes through the floor, it becomes very low
-opposite go through the roof go through the roof
::In the past few years share prices have gone through the floor.
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US/UK DIFFERENCE
The bottom area of a building, on the same level as the land around it, is called the ground floor . In American English this can also be called the first floor .
In British English the first floor is one level up from the ground. In American English this is the second floor .
floor or storey/story ? See note at STOREY
GRAMMAR
!! Say on the first/second/fifth etc floor : The cafeteria is on (NOT at/in) the top floor.