1. Building material used in laying floors
   "They chose hardwood flooring for the living room"
    
2. The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
   "They installed hardwood flooring throughout the house";
   - 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"

Derived forms: floorings

See also: knock

Type of: beat, building material, horizontal surface, level, surprise

Part of: hall, hallway, room

Encyclopedia: Flooring