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Entry 10 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Floor

/(flōr)/ · IPA /flɔɹ/
01 n. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
  1. 1.
    The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
  2. 2.
    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.
  3. 3.
    The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
  4. 4.
    A story of a building. See Story. See: Story
  5. 5.
    The part of the house assigned to the members.(Legislative Assemblies) [U.S.]
  6. 6.
    That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.(Naut.)
  7. 7.
    The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.(Mining)
Phrases & compounds
Floor cloth — a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth.
Floor cramp — an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position.
Floor light — a frame with glass panes in a floor.
Floor plan — A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line.
02 v. t. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring
  1. 1.
    To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
  2. 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.
    “Floored or crushed by him.” — Coleridge.
  3. 3.
    To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.[Colloq.]
    “I've floored my little-go work.” — T. Hughes.