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flooring

[ flawr-ing, flohr- ]

noun

  1. a floor.
  2. floors collectively.
  3. materials for making floors.


flooring

/ ˈflɔːrɪŋ /

noun

  1. the material used in making a floor, esp the surface material
  2. See floor
    another word for floor


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Other Words From

  • under·flooring noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flooring1

First recorded in 1615–25; floor + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

It eats through and corrodes the porcelain and then the wood flooring beneath it and, boom, down it comes.

The bridge flooring rests on the supporting members, and is of very various types according to the purpose of the bridge.

This increment is larger on the flooring girders than on the main ones, and on short main girders than on long ones.

Road bridges vary so much in the character of the flooring that no general rule can be given.

The cost of abutments and bridge flooring is practically independent of the length of span adopted.

The slabs of the flooring, covered everywhere else with greenish moisture, wore a blood-red tint under the prong.

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