1. The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
   "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent";
   - flooring
    
2. A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
   "what floor is the office on?";
   - level, storey [Brit], story [N. Amer]
    
3. The ground on which people and animals move about
   "the fire spared the forest floor"
    
4. The bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
   "Divers explored the rocky floor of the lake"; "Sediment settled on the ocean floor"
    
5. The lower inside surface of any hollow structure
   "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave"
    
6. A lower limit
   "the government established a wage floor";
   - base
    
7. The occupants of a floor
   "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
    
8. The legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
   "there was a motion from the floor"
    
9. A large room in an exchange where the trading is done
   "he is a floor trader"; "The stock brokers rushed about the trading floor as share prices fluctuated wildly";
   - trading floor
    
10. The parliamentary right to address an assembly
    "the chairman granted him the floor"

1. Knock down with force
   "He floored his opponent";
   - deck [informal], coldcock [N. Amer, informal], knock down
    
2. Greatly surprise
   "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted";
   - shock, blow out of the water, take aback
    
3. Silence by a conclusive answer, surprise response, etc.
   "We were floored by his confession"
    
4. Cover or supply with a floor
   "They floored the entire house with hardwood"

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Derived forms: floored, floors, flooring

See also: knock

Type of: assemblage, beat, construction, control, dry land, earth, Earth's surface, gathering, ground, hall, horizontal surface, land, level, right, room, solid ground, structure, surface, surprise, terra firma

Part of: building, cave, edifice, exchange, hall, hallway, lake, room

Encyclopedia: Floor