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Synonyms for floor

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : flawr, flohr
Phonetic Transcription : flɔr, floʊr

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Définition of floor

Origin :
  • Old English flor "floor, pavement, ground, bottom (of a lake, etc.)," from Proto-Germanic *floruz "floor" (cf. Middle Dutch and Dutch vloer, Old Norse flor "floor," Middle High German vluor, German Flur "field, meadow"), from PIE *plaros "flat surface" (cf. Welsh llawr "ground"), enlarged from *pele- (2) "flat, to spread" (see plane (n.1)).
  • Meaning "level of a house" is from 1580s. The figurative sense in legislative assemblies (as opposed to the platform) is first recorded 1774. Spanish suelo "floor" is from Latin solum "bottom, ground, soil;" German Boden is cognate with English bottom. Floor plan attested from 1867.
  • noun bottom of a room; level of a multistory building
  • verb perplex, confound
Example sentences :
  • He began to pace the floor again from one room to the other.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Percival had walked the floor in deep attention to the old man's words.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She fell to the floor in helpless, shrieking laughter when he came.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The trousers which had lain on the floor beside Hank's bed were no longer there.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • When this was swept away the floor presented no suspicious traces.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • She still held the two she had picked up from the floor in her one hand.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • He swept up the blankets and went down the stairs to the first floor.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He led the way into the house and picked up one of the posters, which lay on the floor.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • It was a very old man who held, or tried to hold, Andrew from falling to the floor.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Peers, Commons, and visitors filled the floor and galleries.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Antonyms for floor

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