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ground plan

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noun

Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.

first or fundamental plan.

Origin of ground plan

First recorded in 1725–35

Words nearby ground plan

ground observer, ground owl, ground pea, ground pine, ground pink, ground plan, ground plane, ground plate, ground plum, ground provisions, ground rent

Example sentences from the Web for ground plan

The result is a curious irregular figure resembling the ground-plan of a fortress, with bastions, &c.; hence its name.

Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements |Various
The ground-plan and general design of this church are very peculiar.

Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain |George Edmund Street
A pictorial elevation and ground-plan of this design, with its relative bearing to the old Bridge, are to be seen in Plates ii.

Chronicles of London Bridge |Richard Thompson
It would certainly be a wondrous palace, this one, for it was two yards long and a yard broad in ground-plan.

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition |Rudyard Kipling

"I've just seen a sort of ground-plan of the castle," said Miss Elsie cheerfully.

A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories |Bret Harte

British Dictionary definitions for ground plan

ground plan

noun

a drawing of the ground floor of a building, esp one to scale See also plan (def. 3) Compare elevation (def. 5)

a preliminary or basic outline