Floor Definition

flôr

floored, floors

noun

floors

The inside bottom surface of a room, hall, etc., on which one stands or walks.

Webster's New World

The lower or supporting surface of a structure.

American Heritage

The platform of a bridge, pier, etc.

Webster's New World

A level or story in a building.

An office on the sixth floor.

Webster's New World

The occupants of such a story.

The entire floor complained about the noise.

American Heritage

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verb

floored, floors

To cover or furnish with a floor.

Floor a house with pine boards.

Wiktionary

To press (the accelerator of a motor vehicle) to the floor.

American Heritage

To knock down.

Webster's New World

To press down to the floor.

Webster's New World

To be the victor over; defeat.

Webster's New World

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idiom

from the floor

during the time of a game when active defense is permitted
the team shot 56% from the floor

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Floor

Singular:

floor

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From Middle English, from Old English flōr (“floor, pavement, ground, bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *flōrō, *flōrô, *flōraz (“flat surface, floor, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *plõro- (“level, even”), from Proto-Indo-European *pele-, *plet-, *plāk- (“broad, flat, plain”). Cognate with West Frisian flier (“floor”), Dutch vloer (“floor”), German Flur (“field, floor, entrance hall”), Swedish flor (“floor of a cow stall”), Irish urlár (“floor”), Scottish Gaelic làr (“floor, ground, earth”), Welsh llawr (“ground, pavement”), Latin plānus (“level, flat”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English flor from Old English flōr pelə-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition