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noun / verb

floor

FLOR/flɔːr/

The bottom supporting surface of a room.

Sunlight falls across the wooden floor in the living room.

A simple room corner viewed slightly from above, with the exposed wooden floor occupying most of the image.
Etymology

Old English flor could mean pavement, ground, or even the bottom of a lake. A room’s floor shares that idea of a lower surface beneath what occupies a space.

In context

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here he leveled floor he basically raised it up a little bit
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More examples

  • Please wipe up the water on the kitchen floor.
  • The apartment has hardwood floors in every room.
  • They plan to floor the kitchen with tile.

Forms

floor · floors · floored · flooring

floorboard noun — One of the boards forming a floor.

Similar words

flooring
Names the covering material rather than the supporting surface itself.
ground
Usually means the outdoor surface rather than a room's interior surface.