ENGLISH: floor - CREOLE: etaj



Overview of noun floor



The noun floor has 9 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (38) floor, flooring -- (the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors")

2. (16) floor, level, storey, story -- (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?")

3. (3) floor, base -- (a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor")

4. (2) floor -- (the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor")

5. (1) floor -- (the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.)

6. floor -- (the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat")

7. floor -- (the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor")

8. floor -- (the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor")

9. floor, trading floor -- (a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader")



Overview of verb floor



The verb floor has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback -- (surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted")

2. deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor -- (knock down with force; "He decked his opponent")

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