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.

the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

a large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"

the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"