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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.

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Broader term 15

Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Earth 76% connected

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Hall 76% connected

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Level 76% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Surprise 76% connected

The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.

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Narrower term 8

Attic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical;…

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Basement 76% connected

The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence:…

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Cellar 76% connected

A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

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Entresol 76% connected

A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.

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Garret 76% connected

A turret; a watchtower.

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Loft 76% connected

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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Mezzanine 76% connected

Same as Entresol.

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Parquet 76% connected

A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the o…

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Galvanize 76% connected

To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.

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Startle 76% connected

To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.

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Knockdown 74% connected

A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

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Knockdown 74% connected

A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

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Containing whole 7

Building 70% connected

of Build

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Cave 70% connected

A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

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Edifice 70% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Exchange 70% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Hall 70% connected

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

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Lake 70% connected

A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder…

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Room 70% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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See also 2

Knock 66% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Knock 66% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Synonym 8

Base 92% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Deck 92% connected

To cover; to overspread.

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Dump 92% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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Flooring 92% connected

of Floor

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Level 92% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Shock 92% connected

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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Storey 92% connected

See Story.

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Story 92% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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