floor

Meanings

• 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"
• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
• a lower limit
  • "the government established a wage floor"
• the ground on which people and animals move about
  • "the fire spared the forest floor"
• the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
• the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
  • "the floor of the pelvis"
  • "the floor of the cave"
• the occupants of a floor
  • "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
• the parliamentary right to address an assembly
  • "the chairman granted him the floor"
• the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
  • "there was a motion from the floor"
• a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
  • "he is a floor trader"
• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
  • "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
• knock down with force

Synonyms

ball over, base, blow out of the water, coldcock, deck, dump, flooring, knock down, level, shock, storey, story, take aback, trading floor