floor
/floɹ/noun, verb1 syllable
Floor means: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.
Synonyms for floor17
noun, as in a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
noun, as in the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
noun, as in a lower limit
noun, as in a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
verb, as in surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
What does floor mean?12
verb
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off“I was floored when I heard that I was promoted”
knock down with force“He decked his opponent”
noun
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale“what level is the office on?”
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)“they needed rugs to cover the bare floors”
a lower limit“the government established a wage floor”
a large room in a exchange where the trading is done“he is a floor trader”
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 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”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with floor?49
three syllables
Show 40 near rhymes
Floor in a sentence
- The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.unknown
- Being too nervous to reply, he stared at the floor.CM
- She sat on the floor, her eyes closed.unknown
- She was lying on the floor, strangled by a harp string.Scott
- Today, let's clean the floor until it shines.Scott
- There are windows on the floor, and doors on the ceiling.marcelostockle
- And if everyone started jumping off the ninth floor, would you jump too?AlanF_US
- She works here, but her office is actually on the second floor.sharptoothed
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of floor
as a noun
- plural
- floors
as a verb
- past tense
- floored
- present participle
- flooring
- third-person singular
- floors
- past participle
- floored