floor

floor1 [ flɔr ] noun ***

▸ 1 flat area you walk on

▸ 2 level in building

▸ 3 of ocean/valley etc.

▸ 4 for discussions

▸ 5 where shares are sold

▸ 6 lowest level allowed

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count the flat area that you walk on inside a building or room:

The house has polished wooden floors.

We were sitting on the floor watching TV.

a ) a flat area for dancing:

He invited me onto the dance floor.

take (to) the floor (=start dancing): They were the first couple to take the floor.

2. ) count one of the levels in a building: STORY:

The bathrooms are on the floor below.

a first-floor apartment

on the ground/first/second/top floor: The toy department is on the second floor.

3. ) count usually singular the ground at the bottom of a natural structure or area:

floor of: The floor of the cave was slippery.

forest/ocean/valley floor: a map of the ocean floor

4. ) singular a place where discussions or debates take place, especially in a legislature:

There were angry exchanges on the floor of the House of Representatives.

take the floor (=start talking in a discussion or debate): The chairman took the floor.

have the floor (=be speaking in a discussion or debate): Excuse me, Mr. Gregory, but Ms. Barnes has the floor.

a ) the audience at a public discussion or debate:

The speaker will now take questions from the floor.

5. ) count BUSINESS an area where STOCK in companies is bought and sold:

the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

6. ) singular the lowest level that an amount is allowed to reach:

A floor was established below which workers' wages would not fall.

go through the floor INFORMAL

to fall to an extremely low level

=> FACTORY FLOOR, SHOP FLOOR, WIPE1

floor

floor 2 [ flɔr ] verb transitive

1. ) to make someone feel so surprised and confused that they cannot react:

The question floored him completely.

2. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL to press the ACCELERATOR of a vehicle down to the floor in order to increase its speed

3. ) to put a particular type of floor inside a room:

We're going to floor the kitchen with ceramic tiles.

4. ) to hit someone hard so that they fall to the ground