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floor
one of the levels in a building:
• She lives in an apartment on the eighteenth floor.
storey
British English , story American English used when saying how many levels a building has:
• a five-storey car park • The school is a single storey building.
the ground floor
( also the first floor American English ) the floor of a building that is at ground level:
• There is a shop on the ground floor. • The emergency room is on the first floor.
the first floor
British English , the second floor American English the floor of a building above the one at ground level:
• She lives on the first floor.
deck
one of the levels on a ship, bus, or plane:
• The Horizon Lounge is on the top deck of the ship.
Longman-Thesaurus
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Phrase(s): floor someone
to surprise and astound someone. • His brashness simply floored me!, Phrase(s): *the floor
Fig. the exclusive right to address the audience. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; hold ~; grant someone ~.) • When I get the floor, I’ll make a short speech. • The last time you had the floor, you talked for an hour.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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see GROUND FLOOR; MOP UP THE FLOOR WITH; SINK THROUGH THE FLOOR; TAKE THE FLOOR; WALK THE FLOOR.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun lower surface of a room ADJ. bare I can't sleep on the bare floor! | carpeted, parquet, tiled, wood, wooden | polished | bathroom, kitchen, etc. VERB + FLOOR clean, mop, polish, scrub, sweep, wash, wax, wipe | drop to, fall to His glass fell to the floor and broke. FLOOR + NOUN covering, tile | space PREP. on the ~ Do you mind sitting on the floor? PHRASES from floor to ceiling Bookcases lined the walls from floor to ceiling. bottom of the sea, a forest, etc. ADJ. cave, forest, ocean, sea, valley level in a building ADJ. bottom, ground | top | first, second, etc. | mezzanine | lower, upper VERB + FLOOR occupy The offices occupy the two top floors of the building. PREP. on the ~ a cafe on the mezzanine floor
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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floor
verbs
clean the floor
• Next he had to clean the floor.
wash/mop the floor
• The floor needs mopping.
sweep the floor
• He grabbed a broom and began sweeping the floor.
wax/polish the floor
• I washed and waxed the kitchen floor.
sit/lie/sleep on the floor
• Officers found her lying face down on the floor.
fall/drop/sink to the floor
• He let his cigarette fall to the floor.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + floor
the bathroom/kitchen/bedroom etc floor
• I’ve still got to clean the bathroom floor.
a wooden floor
• The hut had a muddy wooden floor.
a marble floor
• He strode across the marble floor.
a tiled floor
• There were a couple of oriental rugs on the tiled floor.
a carpeted floor
• Barbara was sitting on the carpeted floor.
a bare floor
(= not covered by anything )
• Father Murphy led me to a tiny room with a bare floor and a simple bed.
floor + NOUN
floor tiles
(= flat square pieces of clay or other material, used to cover floors )
• When you buy floor tiles, always get a few extra.
floor polish
• The room smelt of floor polish.
a floor covering
(= a material, such as carpet, that covers a floor )
• A carpet fitter can fit floor coverings quickly and inexpensively.
floor space
(= a measure of how big a room or building is, based on the size of the floor )
• The shop has 33,000 square feet of floor space.
transnet.ir
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noun
bottom surface:
They had a wooden floor in their hall.
noun
stories:
The building has six floors.
verb
knocked down:
He floored his opponent in the fight.
Simple Definitions