Meaning of 'floor'

noun

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

Example: "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"

Synonyms: flooring

noun

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

Synonyms: level

noun

a large room in a exchange where the trading is done

Example: "They are a floor trader."

Synonyms: trading floor

noun

the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business

Example: "there was a motion from the floor"

noun

the parliamentary right to address an assembly

Example: "The chair granted the speaker the floor."

noun

a lower limit

Example: "the government established a wage floor"

Synonyms: base

noun

the occupants of a floor

Example: "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"

noun

the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water

noun

the ground on which people and animals move about

Example: "the fire spared the forest floor"

noun

the lower inside surface of any hollow structure

Example: "the floor of the pelvis"

verb

knock down with force

Synonyms: deck

verb

surprise greatly

Synonyms: shock