Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A floor.
- noun Material, such as lumber or tile, used in making floors.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A floor; floors collectively.
- noun Materials used in the construction of floors.
- noun In brewing, the operation of spreading the grain thinly on the malt-floor, and turning it over carefully several times a day to keep it at the temperature of about 62° F., and thus to check germination.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See
floor , n. - noun Material for the construction of a floor or floors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
floor . - noun A
material used to make floors. - noun sports The act of putting one's opponent on the floor.
- verb Present participle of to
floor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun building material used in laying floors
- noun the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The overall venue's flooring is complete, its ceiling is nearly done and millwork is being installed.
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And how the wine will be presented in a wooden case using old flooring from the Oval Office.
Obama's gift to Berlusconi: new American wine in old floorboards | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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And how the wine will be presented in a wooden case using old flooring from the Oval Office.
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The great flooring is made of driftwoods that are collected from the beaches of France.
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Tatami rooms are characterized by their flooring, usually slightly padded and covered with woven straw.
Japan Ski House 2012
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The rapidly renewable bamboo flooring is bound with nontoxic glues.
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That looks really neat, but I agree, where do you get so many belts to recycle, and the price is really very steep – a 12×12 kitchen would cost almost $11,000 just in flooring materials.
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They considered an installation for the kitchen floor but opted instead to continue with the fir flooring from the neighboring rooms.
May 2008 2008
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So the flooring guy was here by 8 am and started a long day of work. 3 o'clock now and not one piece of the flooring is down ...
This is taking longer than I thought.... wen_spencer 2008
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The undeniable beauty of parquet flooring is financially out of reach for many people.
325 Gold Street, 6th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Ben Barren 2007
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