Definition of floor

• n. - The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
• n. - The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
• n. - The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
• n. - A story of a building. See Story.
• n. - The part of the house assigned to the members.
• n. - The right to speak.
• n. - That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
• n. - The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
• n. - A horizontal, flat ore body.
• v. t. - To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
• v. t. - To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent.
• v. t. - To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.