floor

noun

• 1the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk:a wooden floor
• the bottom of the sea, a cave, or an area of land:the ocean floor the forest floor
• informal the ground:the best way to play is to pass the ball on the floor
• a minimum level of prices or wages:share prices have gone through the floor

• 2all the rooms or areas on the same level of a building; a storey: [as modifier, in combination]:a third-floor flat

• 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
• (in the Stock Exchange) the large central hall where trading takes place: [as modifier]:a floor trader

verb

• 1provide (a room or area) with a floor:a room floored in yellow wood (as adjective, in combination -floored)a stone-floored building

• 2 informal knock (someone) to the ground, especially with a punch: the champion floored Close with an uppercut
• baffle (someone) completely:that question floored him