1. that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
2. 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.
3. a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor.
4. one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor.
5. a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor.
6. the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel.
7. a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean.
8. the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak.
9. the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor.
10. 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.
11. the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc.
12. the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor.
13. an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat.
14. 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.

15. to cover or furnish with a floor.
16. to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow.
17. to overwhelm; defeat.
18. to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem.
19. to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.

20. to overwhelm completely; defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents.
21. to arise to address a meeting.

1. the inner lower surface of a room
2. a storey of a building
3. a flat bottom surface in or on any structure
4. the bottom surface of a tunnel, cave, river, sea, etc
5. an underlying stratum
6. the bottom, or the lowermost framing members at the bottom, of a vessel
7. that part of a legislative hall in which debate and other business is conducted
8. the right to speak in a legislative or deliberative body (esp in the phrases get, have, or be given the floor)
9. the room in a stock exchange where trading takes place
10. the earth; ground
11. a minimum price charged or paid
12. to begin dancing on a dance floor

13. to cover with or construct a floor
14. to knock to the floor or ground
15. to disconcert, confound, or defeat

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