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[1] that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
[2] a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of rooms, apartments, or the like, and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story.
[3] a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor.
[4] one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor.
[5] a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor.
[6] the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel.
[7] a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean.
[8] the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak.
[9] the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor.
[10] the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc.: There are only two salesclerks on the floor.
[11] the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc.
[12] the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor.
[13] Mining . an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat.
[14] Nautical . the bottom of a hull. any of a number of deep, transverse framing members at the bottom of a steel or iron hull, generally interrupted by and joined to any vertical keel or keelsons. the lowermost member of a frame in a wooden vessel.
[15] to cover or furnish with a floor.
[16] to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow.
[17] to overwhelm; defeat.
[18] to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem.
[19] Also floorboard. to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.
[20] mop /wipe the floor with , Informal . to overwhelm completely; defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents.
[21] take the floor , to arise to address a meeting.
[22] situated beneath the floor underfloor heating
[23] Also called: flooring the inner lower surface of a room
[24] a storey of a building the second floor
[25] a flat bottom surface in or on any structure the floor of a lift ; a dance floor
[26] the bottom surface of a tunnel, cave, river, sea, etc
[27] mining an underlying stratum
[28] nautical the bottom, or the lowermost framing members at the bottom, of a vessel
[29] that part of a legislative hall in which debate and other business is conducted
[30] the right to speak in a legislative or deliberative body (esp in the phrases get, have, or be given the floor )
[31] the room in a stock exchange where trading takes place
[32] the earth; ground
[33] a minimum price charged or paid a wage floor
[34] take the floor to begin dancing on a dance floor
[35] to cover with or construct a floor
[36] (tr) to knock to the floor or ground
[37] (tr) informal to disconcert, confound, or defeat to be floored by a problem

Words nearby Underfloor

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Origin of Underfloor

floorbefore 900; Middle English flor, Old English flōr; cognate with Old Norse flōr, Middle Low German vlōr, Middle High German vluor (German Flur )

Other words from Underfloor

floor·less , adjective
un·der·floor , noun
un·floor , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Underfloor

floorOld English flōr ; related to Old Norse flōrr , Middle Low German vlōr floor, Latin plānus level, Greek planan to cause to wander