floor

noun

• 1the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk:he dropped the cup and it smashed on the floor the kitchen floor
• the bottom of the sea, a cave, or an area of land:the ocean floor
• informal the ground:the best way to play is to pass the ball on the floor
• the minimum level of prices or wages:the dollar’s floor against the yen

• 2all the rooms or areas on the same level of a building; a story:his office was on the twenty-second floor [as modifier, in combination]:a third-floor apartment

• 3 (the floor) (in a legislative assembly) the part of the house in which members sit and from which they speak.
• the right or opportunity to speak next in debate:other speakers have the floor
• (of the stock exchange) the large central hall where trading takes place.

verb

• 1provide (a room or area) with a floor:a hall floored in gleaming white oak [as adjective, in combination]: (-floored)a stone-floored building

• 2 informal knock (someone) to the ground, especially with a punch.
• baffle or confound (someone) completely:that question floored him