floor

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noun

1 lower surface of a room

ADJECTIVE

▪ bare, cold, hard

▪

I can't sleep on the bare floor!

▪ dirty, dusty

▪ wet

▪ clean, polished, smooth

▪ cement, concrete, stone

▪ dirt (esp. AmE)

▪ hardwood, parquet, wood, wooden

▪ carpeted, linoleum, marble, tiled

▪ bathroom, kitchen, etc.

▪ raised

▪ dance

VERB + FLOOR

▪ clean, mop, polish, scrub, sweep, wash, wax, wipe

▪ drop to, fall to

▪

His glass fell to the floor and broke.

▪ hit

▪ reach, touch

▪ pace, walk

▪ cover, litter

FLOOR + NOUN

▪ covering, mat, tile

▪ lamp (esp. AmE)

▪ space

▪ exercises

▪ plan

PREPOSITION

▪ on the floor

▪

Do you mind sitting on the floor?

PHRASES

▪ from floor to ceiling

▪

Bookcases lined the walls from floor to ceiling.

2 bottom of the sea, a forest, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ canyon, cave, desert, forest, ocean, sea, valley

3 level in a building

ADJECTIVE

▪ bottom, first (= at entrance level) (AmE), ground (BrE)

▪ top

▪ first, second, third, etc. (In BrE, the first floor is the floor above the entrance level. This is called the second floor in AmE.)

▪ mezzanine

▪ lower, upper

VERB + FLOOR

▪ occupy

▪

The offices occupy the top floor of the building.

PREPOSITION

▪ on the floor

▪

a cafe on the mezzanine floor

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verb

Floor is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accelerator, ↑pedal