floor

The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

“The room has a wooden floor.”

Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).

The lower inside surface of a hollow space.

“Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.”

A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.

The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.

“Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.”

A storey/story of a building.

“For years we lived on the third floor.”

In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.

Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.

“The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.”

That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

A horizontal, flat ore body.

The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.

“The floor of 4.5 is 4.”

An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.

A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.

A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.

A dance floor.

The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition

To cover or furnish with a floor.

“floor a house with pine boards”

To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

(driving) To accelerate rapidly.

“As soon as our driver saw an insurgent in a car holding a detonation device, he floored the pedal and was 2,000 feet away when that car bomb exploded. We escaped certain death in the nick of time!”

To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.

“Floored or crushed by him. — Coleridge”

To amaze or greatly surprise.

“We were floored by his confession.”

To finish or make an end of.

“I've floored my little-go work — ed Hughes”

To set a lower bound.