Word a Day
floor
What does floor mean?
floor (noun): the interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use floor in a sentence?
- The room has a wooden floor. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce floor?
/flɔɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does floor come from?
Inherited from Middle English floor, floour, flor, flore, flour, flur, vlor, from Old English flōr (“floor, pavement; deck; gangplank”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “floor” mean?
the period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future
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the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
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one selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision
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the interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room
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