flooring

[ flawr-ing, flohr- ]

/ ˈflɔr ɪŋ, ˈfloʊr- /

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noun

a floor.

floors collectively.

materials for making floors.

Origin of flooring

First recorded in 1615–25; floor + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM flooring

un·der·floor·ing, noun

Words nearby flooring

floorage, floorboard, floorcloth, floorcover, floorer, flooring, flooring brad, flooring saw, floorman, floorshift, floorwalker

Definition for flooring (2 of 2)

floor

[ flawr, flohr ]

/ flɔr, floʊr /

noun

that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.

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.

a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor.

one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor.

a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor.

the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel.

a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean.

the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak.

the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor.

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.

the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc.

the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor.

Mining. an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat.

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.

verb (used with object)

to cover or furnish with a floor.

to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow.

to overwhelm; defeat.

to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem.

Also floorboard. to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.

Origin of floor

before 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 floor

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

Example sentences from the Web for flooring

A nautical term for the holes cut in the flooring in a ship above the keelson, to allow water to drain to the pumps.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 |Various
Every night the carpet and flooring were taken up, and, after they had finished their excavations, were carefully relaid.

True Detective Stories |Cleveland Moffett
Much is converted into flooring for halls, houses, and factories.

American Forest Trees |Henry H. Gibson
One flooring a building with $20 gold pieces in Shah Jahan's day evidently would be looked upon as a cheap imitator.

Seven Legs Across the Seas |Samuel Murray

It is probably six feet less, allowing for the flooring beneath and the higher window opening above.

The Hand in the Dark |Arthur J. Rees

British Dictionary definitions for flooring (1 of 2)

flooring

/ (ˈflɔːrɪŋ) /

noun

the material used in making a floor, esp the surface material

another word for floor (def. 1)

British Dictionary definitions for flooring (2 of 2)

floor

/ (flɔː) /

noun

Also called: flooring the inner lower surface of a room

a storey of a building the second floor

a flat bottom surface in or on any structure the floor of a lift; a dance floor

the bottom surface of a tunnel, cave, river, sea, etc

mining an underlying stratum

nautical the bottom, or the lowermost framing members at the bottom, of a vessel

that part of a legislative hall in which debate and other business is conducted

the right to speak in a legislative or deliberative body (esp in the phrases get, have, or be given the floor)

the room in a stock exchange where trading takes place

the earth; ground

a minimum price charged or paid a wage floor

take the floor to begin dancing on a dance floor

verb

to cover with or construct a floor

(tr) to knock to the floor or ground

(tr) informal to disconcert, confound, or defeat to be floored by a problem

Word Origin for floor

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

Idioms and Phrases with flooring

floor

see ground floor; mop up the floor with; sink through the floor; take the floor; walk the floor.

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