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floor

[flawr, flohr]

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–noun

1.	that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.

2.	a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of rooms, apartments, or the like, and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story.

3.	a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor.

4.	one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor.

5.	a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor.

6.	the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel.

7.	a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean.

8.	the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak.

9.	the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor.

10.	the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc.: There are only two salesclerks on the floor.

11.	the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc.

12.	the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor.

13.	Mining. an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat.

14.

Nautical.

a.	the bottom of a hull.

b.	any of a number of deep, transverse framing members at the bottom of a steel or iron hull, generally interrupted by and joined to any vertical keel or keelsons.

c.	the lowermost member of a frame in a wooden vessel.

–verb (used with object)

15.	to cover or furnish with a floor.

16.	to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow.

17.	to overwhelm; defeat.

18.	to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem.

19.	Also, floorboard. to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.

—Idioms

20.	mop or wipe the floor with, Informal. to overwhelm completely; defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents.

21.	take the floor, to arise to address a meeting.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME flor, OE flōr; c. ON flōr, MLG vlōr, MHG vluor (G Flur)

Related forms:

floorless, adjective

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floor (flôr, flōr)

1. The surface of a room on which one stands.
2. The lower or supporting surface of a structure.
3. A story or level of a building.
4. The occupants of such a story: The entire floor complained about the noise.
5. A level surface or area used for a specified purpose: a dance floor; a threshing floor.
6. Basketball The court viewed as the playing area for taking free throws, in contrast to the foul line.
7. The part of a legislative chamber or meeting hall where members are seated and from which they speak.
8. The right to address an assembly, as granted under parliamentary procedure.
9. The body of assembly members: a motion from the floor.
10. The area of an exchange where securities are traded.
11. The part of a retail store in which merchandise is displayed and sales are made.
12. The area of a factory where the product is manufactured or assembled.
1. A story or level of a building.
2. The occupants of such a story: The entire floor complained about the noise.
3. A level surface or area used for a specified purpose: a dance floor; a threshing floor.
4. Basketball The court viewed as the playing area for taking free throws, in contrast to the foul line.
5. The part of a legislative chamber or meeting hall where members are seated and from which they speak.
6. The right to address an assembly, as granted under parliamentary procedure.
7. The body of assembly members: a motion from the floor.
8. The area of an exchange where securities are traded.
9. The part of a retail store in which merchandise is displayed and sales are made.
10. The area of a factory where the product is manufactured or assembled.
1. A level surface or area used for a specified purpose: a dance floor; a threshing floor.
2. Basketball The court viewed as the playing area for taking free throws, in contrast to the foul line.
3. The part of a legislative chamber or meeting hall where members are seated and from which they speak.
4. The right to address an assembly, as granted under parliamentary procedure.
5. The body of assembly members: a motion from the floor.
6. The area of an exchange where securities are traded.
7. The part of a retail store in which merchandise is displayed and sales are made.
8. The area of a factory where the product is manufactured or assembled.
The surface of a structure on which vehicles travel.
1. The part of a legislative chamber or meeting hall where members are seated and from which they speak.
2. The right to address an assembly, as granted under parliamentary procedure.
3. The body of assembly members: a motion from the floor.
4. The area of an exchange where securities are traded.
5. The part of a retail store in which merchandise is displayed and sales are made.
6. The area of a factory where the product is manufactured or assembled.
The part of a room or building where the principal business or work takes place, especially:
1. The area of an exchange where securities are traded.
2. The part of a retail store in which merchandise is displayed and sales are made.
3. The area of a factory where the product is manufactured or assembled.
The ground or lowermost surface, as of a forest or ocean.
A lower limit or base: a pricing floor; a bidding floor.

tr.v. floored, floor·ing, floors

To provide with a floor.
Informal To press (the accelerator of a motor vehicle) to the floor.
1. To knock down.
2. To stun; overwhelm: The very idea floored me.

[Middle English flor, from Old English flōr; see pelə-² in Indo-European roots.]
floor'er n.

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Floor

Floor\, n. [AS. fl?r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl?r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]

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. 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. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

4. A story of a building. See Story.

5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]

Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.

6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond.

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) (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.

Floor

Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.]

1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

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. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.]

I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes.

Language Translation for : floor

Spanish: suelo,

German: der Fußboden,

Japanese: 床

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floor (n.)

O.E. flor "floor," from P.Gmc. *floruz "floor" (cf. M.Du. vloer, O.N. flor "floor," M.H.G. vluor, Ger. Flur "field, meadow"), from PIE *plaros (cf. Welsh llawr "ground"), enlarged from *pele- "flat, to spread." The verbal sense of "puzzle, confound" is 1830, from notion of "knock down to the floor" (1642). The fig. sense in legislative assemblies is first recorded 1774.

Floor

The lowest acceptable limit as restricted by controlling parties.

Investopedia Commentary

A floor, or bottom, is the minimum allowable limit. An example of a floor occurs in underwriting. The issuing corporation will declare a minimum acceptable amount at which the investment bank can purchase the securities. This way the corporation ensures sufficient capital acquisition.

Also spelled: Floors

floor

The area of an organized exchange where securities are traded. Customer orders are transferred to the floor, where they are executed by members of the exchange.

Main Entry: floor
Function: noun
1 a : a main level space (as in a stock exchange or legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery b : members of an assembly floor> c : the right to address an assembly floor>
2 : a lower limit floor on deductions for medical expenses>

Main Entry: floor
Pronunciation: 'flO(&)r, 'flo(&)r
Function: noun
: the lower inside surface of a hollow anatomical structure floorof the pelvis>

floor

see ground floor; mop up the floor with; sink through the floor; take the floor; walk the floor.

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