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floor
has definitions from the fields of stock exchange,politics,economics,geology
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[ noun ] the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway)
Synonyms Examples "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Fall slowly forward onto the hands and let the body down to rest_on the floor . Drop both hands to the floor and at_the_same_time kick the right foot up in back . Care should be taken to see that the hands are placed on the floor before the kick starts and also that the landing foot is brought as close to the hands as possible . Be sure the head drops backward so_that the child looks at the floor rather_than toward the ceiling . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)As the robbers leave the looted train , the film suddenly cuts_back to the station , where the telegrapher 's little daughter arrives with her father 's dinner_pail only to find him bound on the floor . Related terms horizontal_surface truck_bed dance_floor bell_deck parquet floorboard room hallway |
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[ noun ] structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building
Examples "what level is the office on?" Used in print (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)Men blew dust on objects in a room on the seventeenth floor of the Hotel_Dumont and blew it off again , and did the same in a tiny , almost airless room in a tenement in the West_Forties . (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)He occupied a two bedroom apartment on the fourth floor , using the second bedroom as his office . (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)His rage had built_up as he made his way here from the second floor , helped by the quantity of champagne he had consumed . On the second floor he saw the animated faces of the party guests ; the scene looked_like a Christmas_card . On the third floor one of the two windows was lighted ; it was framed in maroon drapes , and no faces were visible . |
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[ noun ] (economics,politics) a lower limit
Synonyms Examples : "the government established a wage floor" Used in print (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)The Act further provides for a `` floor '' or minimum allotment , set at the 1954 level , which is called the `` base '' allotment , and a `` ceiling '' or maximum allotment , for each State . It stipulates , in_addition , that all amounts remaining as_a_result_of imposing the `` ceiling '' , and not used for insuring the `` floor '' , be redistributed to those States still below their maximums . (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)I strongly recommend to the Congress the avoidance of mandatory floors on the size of the reserve components so that we may have the flexibility to make adjustments in keeping with military necessity . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the ground on which people and animals move about
Examples "the fire spared the forest floor" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)From above one could only occasionally catch_a_glimpse of life on the floor of this green sea : a neighbor 's gingham skirt flashing into sight for an instant on the path beneath her grape-arbor , or the movement of hands above a clothesline and the flutter of garments hung there , half-way down the block . (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)Curt twisted to one side , and the tines of the fork bit into the floor . |
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[ noun ] (geology) the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)From above one could only occasionally catch_a_glimpse of life on the floor of this green sea : a neighbor 's gingham skirt flashing into sight for an instant on the path beneath her grape-arbor , or the movement of hands above a clothesline and the flutter of garments hung there , half-way down the block . |
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[ noun ] (politics) the parliamentary right to address an assembly
Examples "the chairman granted him the floor" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (politics) the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
Examples "there was a motion from the floor" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the occupants of a floor
Examples "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" Related terms |
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[ verb ] knock down with force
Synonyms Examples "He decked his opponent" Related terms |
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[ verb ] surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
Synonyms Examples "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" |
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[ noun ] (stock exchange) a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done
Synonyms Examples "he is a floor trader" Related terms |
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