Definition of Floor

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Definition of Floor

Floor

The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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.

The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

A story of a building. See Story.

The part of the house assigned to the members.

The right to speak.

That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

A horizontal, flat ore body.

To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

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.

To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.

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Floor Quotations

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
Wayne Dyer

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
Barack Obama

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
Ogden Nash

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.
Joan Rivers

I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor.
Joan Rivers

I'm Jewish. I don't work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor.
Joan Rivers

American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.
Dave Barry

I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."
Emo Philips

Floor Translations

floor in Afrikaans is verdieping
floor in Danish is etage, gulv
floor in Dutch is verdieping, etage
floor in Finnish is kerros, lattia
floor in Italian is pavimento, suolo
floor in Latin is solum
floor in Norwegian is etasje, golv
floor in Portuguese is andar, soalho, assoalho
floor in Spanish is pavimento

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