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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

trading floor

verb, as in surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

shock, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback

verb, as in knock down with force

deck, coldcock, dump, knock down

also used for floor

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What does floor mean?12

verb

1

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off“I was floored when I heard that I was promoted”

2

knock down with force“He decked his opponent”

noun

1

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale“what level is the office on?”

2

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)“they needed rugs to cover the bare floors”

3

a lower limit“the government established a wage floor”

4

a large room in a exchange where the trading is done“he is a floor trader”

5

the ground on which people and animals move about“the fire spared the forest floor”

6

the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water

7

the lower inside surface of any hollow structure“the floor of the pelvis”

8

the occupants of a floor“the whole floor complained about the lack of heat”

9

the parliamentary right to address an assembly“the chairman granted him the floor”

10

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

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All 49 rhymes for floor, grouped by syllable

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