Floor

/flษ”ห/

The meaning and definition of Floor, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
    โ€œThe room has a wooden floor.โ€
  2. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
    โ€œMany sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.โ€
verb
  1. To cover or furnish with a floor.
    โ€œfloor a house with pine boardsโ€
  2. (driving) To accelerate rapidly.
    โ€œAs 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!โ€
Synonyms possession
Antonyms ceiling

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