Thesaurus: floor

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1. n. 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. n. 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. n. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
4. n. A story of a building. See Story.
5. n. The part of the house assigned to the members.
6. n. The right to speak.
7. n. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
8. n. The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
9. n. A horizontal, flat ore body.
10. v. t. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
11. v. t. 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.
12. v. t. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.