| NOUN | artifact | floor, flooring | the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) |
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| artifact | floor, level, storey, story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale | |
| communication | floor, base | a lower limit | |
| object | floor | the ground on which people and animals move about | |
| object | floor | the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water | |
| object | floor | the lower inside surface of any hollow structure | |
| group | floor | the occupants of a floor | |
| attribute | floor | the parliamentary right to address an assembly | |
| artifact | floor | the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business | |
| artifact | floor, trading floor | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done | |
| VERB | emotion | floor, shock, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback | surprise greatly |
| contact | floor, deck, coldcock, dump, knock down | knock down with force |
| Sounds | flao'r | |
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| Rhymes | abhor ... Zocor: 121 rhymes with aor... | |
| Meaning | The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure). | |
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| Synonym | flooring | |
| Part of | hallway, hall | An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open |
| room | An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling | |
| Narrower | bell deck | A floor under the bells of an open belfry / belfry |
| dance floor | A bare floor polished for dancing | |
| floorboard | The floor of an automobile | |
| parquet, parquet floor | A floor made of parquetry | |
| truck bed | The floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer | |
| Broader | horizontal surface, level | A flat surface at right angles to a plumb line |
| Spanish | piso, suelo | |
| Catalan | sòl, terra | |
| Verbs | floor | knock down with force |
| Meaning | A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. | |
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| Synonyms | level, storey, story | |
| Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
| Narrower | basement, cellar | The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level |
| ground floor, first floor, ground level | The floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building | |
| loft, attic, garret | Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof | |
| loft | Floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space | |
| mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol | Intermediate floor just above the ground floor | |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
| Spanish | piso, planta | |
| Catalan | pis, planta | |
| Adjectives | multilevel | of a building having more than one level |
| Meaning | A lower limit. | |
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| Example | "the government established a wage floor" | |
| Synonym | base | |
| Narrower | price floor | Floor below which prices are not allowed to fall |
| wage floor | Floor below which wages are not allowed to fall | |
| Broader | control | The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. |
| Spanish | base, mínimo | |
| Meaning | The ground on which people and animals move about. | |
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| Example | "the fire spared the forest floor" | |
| Broader | land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma | The solid part of the earth's surface |
| Catalan | terra | |
| Verbs | floor | knock down with force |
| Meaning | The bottom surface of any lake or other body of water. | |
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| Part of | lake | A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
| Broader | surface, Earth's surface | The outermost level of the land or sea |
| Meaning | The lower inside surface of any hollow structure. | |
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| Part of | cave | A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea |
| Broader | surface, Earth's surface | The outermost level of the land or sea |
| Spanish | fondo, suelo | |
| Catalan | fons, terra | |
| Meaning | The occupants of a floor. | |
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| Example | "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" | |
| Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
| Spanish | piso | |
| Meaning | The parliamentary right to address an assembly. | |
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| Example | "the chairman granted him the floor" | |
| Broader | right | An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature |
| Meaning | The legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business. | |
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| Example | "there was a motion from the floor" | |
| Broader | hall | A large room for gatherings or entertainment |
| Meaning | A large room in a exchange where the trading is done. | |
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| Example | "he is a floor trader" | |
| Synonym | trading floor | |
| Part of | exchange | A workplace for buying and selling |
| Broader | room | An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling |
| Spanish | parqué | |
| Catalan | parquet | |
| Meaning | surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will floor him; The good news will floor her; The performance is likely to floor Sue | |
| Example | "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" | |
| Synonyms | shock, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback | |
| Narrower | startle, galvanize, galvanise | To stimulate to action |
| Broader | surprise | Cause to be surprised |
| Spanish | aturdir, chocar, pasmar, sorprender | |
| Catalan | atordir, esbalair, xocar | |
| Meaning | knock down with force. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The fighter managed to floor his opponent | |
| Synonyms | deck, coldcock, dump, knock down | |
| Broader | beat | hit repeatedly |
| Spanish | derribar, tumbar | |
| Catalan | tombar | |
| Nouns | floor | the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) |
| floor | the ground on which people and animals move about | |
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