floor

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: flô, IPA ^(key): /flɔː/, SAMPA: /flO:/

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Noun

Singular floor

Plural floors

A rug on the floor.

1. (countable) The floor is the flat part at the bottom of a room. People stand on the floor.

   Don't drop your milk on the floor.

   The children are sitting on the floor to play.

2. (countable) A floor is a level of a building.
   • Synonyms: level, story and storey

   To get to room 302 you have to go up three floors.

Verb

Plain form floor

Third-person singular floors

Past tense floored

Past participle floored

Present participle flooring

1. (transitive) If you floor a house, you cover or furnish it with a floor.
2. (transitive) (slang) (driving) If you floor when driving, you push the accelerator pedal down to the floor.