floor

• Noun

  1. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
  2. The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
  3. (colloquial) The ground.
  4. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
  5. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
  6. A storey/story of a building.
  7. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
  8. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
  9. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  10. A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
  11. The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
  12. The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
  13. An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
  14. A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
  15. A lower limit or minimum on a price or rate, a price floor. Opposite of a cap or ceiling.
  16. A dance floor.
  17. The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
  18. The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
  19. The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.

• Verb