Dictionary entry details
• FLOOR (noun)
Meaning:
The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
floor; flooring
Context example:
they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
horizontal surface; level (a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "floor"):
bell deck (a floor under the bells of an open belfry)
truck bed (the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer)
parquet; parquet floor (a floor made of parquetry)
floorboard (the floor of an automobile)
dance floor (a bare floor polished for dancing)
Holonyms ("floor" is a part of...):
hall; hallway (an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open)
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Meaning:
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
storey; floor; story; level
Context example:
what level is the office on?
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "floor"):
basement; cellar (the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage)
entresol; mezzanine; mezzanine floor (intermediate floor just above the ground floor)
first floor; ground floor; ground level (the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building)
attic; garret; loft (floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage)
loft (floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space)
Holonyms ("floor" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Meaning:
A lower limit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
floor; base
Context example:
the government established a wage floor
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
control (the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "floor"):
price floor (floor below which prices are not allowed to fall)
wage floor (floor below which wages are not allowed to fall)
Meaning:
The ground on which people and animals move about
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
the fire spared the forest floor
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)
Meaning:
The bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
Earth's surface; surface (the outermost level of the land or sea)
Holonyms ("floor" is a part of...):
cave (a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea)
Meaning:
The occupants of a floor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
the whole floor complained about the lack of heat
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Meaning:
The parliamentary right to address an assembly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the chairman granted him the floor
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Meaning:
The legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
there was a motion from the floor
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
hall (a large room for gatherings or entertainment)
Meaning:
A large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
trading floor; floor
Context example:
he is a floor trader
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
• FLOOR (verb)
Meaning:
Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
shock; floor; blow out of the water; ball over; take aback; stun
Context example:
I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
Hypernyms (to "floor" is one way to...):
surprise (cause to be surprised)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "floor"):
galvanise; galvanize; startle (to stimulate to action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will floor him
The good news will floor her
The performance is likely to floor Sue
Meaning:
Knock down with force
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
coldcock; floor; knock down; deck; dump
Context example:
He decked his opponent
Hypernyms (to "floor" is one way to...):
beat (hit repeatedly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to floor his opponent
