floor
♦♦ floor /fl'ɔːr/ (floors flooring floored)
1 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The floor of a room is the part of it that you walk on.
Jack's sitting on the floor watching TV...
We painted the wooden floor with a white stain.
2 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A floor of a building is all the rooms that are on a particular level.
It is on the fifth floor of the hospital...
They occupied the first two floors of the tower.
= storey
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with supp, oft n N
The ocean floor is the ground at the bottom of an ocean. The valley floor is the ground at the bottom of a valley.
4 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The place where official debates and discussions are held, especially between members of parliament, is referred to as the floor.
The issues were debated on the floor of the House.
5 [N-SING-COLL] the N
In a debate or discussion, the floor is the people who are listening to the arguments being put forward but who are not among the main speakers.
The president is taking questions from the floor.
6 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with supp
The floor of a stock exchange is the large open area where trading is done.
...the dealing floor at Standard Chartered Bank.
7 [N-COUNT]
The floor in a place such as a club or disco is the area where people dance.
8 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
If you are floored by something, you are unable to respond to it because you are so surprised by it.
He was floored by the announcement...
He seemed floored by a string of scandals.
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see also floored, flooring, first floor, first floor, ground floor, shop floor
10 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you take the floor, you start speaking in a debate or discussion. If you are given the floor, you are allowed to do this.
Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule...
Only members would be given the floor.
11 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you take to the floor, you start dancing at a dance or disco.
The happy couple and their respective parents took to the floor.
12 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you say that prices or sales have fallen through the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased.
Property prices have dropped through the floor...
13 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
If you wipe the floor with someone, you defeat them completely in a competition or discussion. (INFORMAL)
He could wipe the floor with the Prime Minister.
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see also factory floordance floor (dance floors)
also dancefloor
[N-COUNT]
In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.fac|to|ry floor
[N-SING] the N
The factory floor refers to the workers in a factory, as opposed to the managers. It can also refer to the area where they work.
He had worked on the factory floor for 16 years.first floor (first floors)
1 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The first floor of a building is the floor immediately above the one at ground level. (BRIT; in AM, use second floor)
2 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The first floor of a building is the one at ground level. (AM; in BRIT, use ground floor)floor lamp (floor lamps)
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A floor lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room. (AM; in BRIT, use standard lamp)floor show (floor shows)
also floorshow
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A floor show is a series of performances by dancers, singers, or comedians at a night club.ground floor (ground floors)
[N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The ground floor of a building is the floor that is level or almost level with the ground outside. (BRIT; in AM, use first floor)
She showed him around the ground floor of the empty house...
Jenny now lives in a terraced ground floor flat.shop floor
also shop-floor; shopfloor
[N-SING] oft N n
The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge. (BRIT)
Cost must be controlled, not just on the shop floor but in the boardroom too.
1 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The floor of a room is the part of it that you walk on.
Jack's sitting on the floor watching TV...
We painted the wooden floor with a white stain.
2 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A floor of a building is all the rooms that are on a particular level.
It is on the fifth floor of the hospital...
They occupied the first two floors of the tower.
= storey
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with supp, oft n N
The ocean floor is the ground at the bottom of an ocean. The valley floor is the ground at the bottom of a valley.
4 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The place where official debates and discussions are held, especially between members of parliament, is referred to as the floor.
The issues were debated on the floor of the House.
5 [N-SING-COLL] the N
In a debate or discussion, the floor is the people who are listening to the arguments being put forward but who are not among the main speakers.
The president is taking questions from the floor.
6 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with supp
The floor of a stock exchange is the large open area where trading is done.
...the dealing floor at Standard Chartered Bank.
7 [N-COUNT]
The floor in a place such as a club or disco is the area where people dance.
8 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
If you are floored by something, you are unable to respond to it because you are so surprised by it.
He was floored by the announcement...
He seemed floored by a string of scandals.
9
see also floored, flooring, first floor, first floor, ground floor, shop floor
10 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you take the floor, you start speaking in a debate or discussion. If you are given the floor, you are allowed to do this.
Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule...
Only members would be given the floor.
11 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you take to the floor, you start dancing at a dance or disco.
The happy couple and their respective parents took to the floor.
12 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you say that prices or sales have fallen through the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased.
Property prices have dropped through the floor...
13 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
If you wipe the floor with someone, you defeat them completely in a competition or discussion. (INFORMAL)
He could wipe the floor with the Prime Minister.
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see also factory floordance floor (dance floors)
also dancefloor
[N-COUNT]
In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.fac|to|ry floor
[N-SING] the N
The factory floor refers to the workers in a factory, as opposed to the managers. It can also refer to the area where they work.
He had worked on the factory floor for 16 years.first floor (first floors)
1 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The first floor of a building is the floor immediately above the one at ground level. (BRIT; in AM, use second floor)
2 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The first floor of a building is the one at ground level. (AM; in BRIT, use ground floor)floor lamp (floor lamps)
[N-COUNT]
A floor lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room. (AM; in BRIT, use standard lamp)floor show (floor shows)
also floorshow
[N-COUNT]
A floor show is a series of performances by dancers, singers, or comedians at a night club.ground floor (ground floors)
[N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The ground floor of a building is the floor that is level or almost level with the ground outside. (BRIT; in AM, use first floor)
She showed him around the ground floor of the empty house...
Jenny now lives in a terraced ground floor flat.shop floor
also shop-floor; shopfloor
[N-SING] oft N n
The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge. (BRIT)
Cost must be controlled, not just on the shop floor but in the boardroom too.