noun
Meaning 1
A floor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
flooring
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US: /ˈflɔːrɪŋ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A material used to make floors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of floor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 5
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
- we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: floor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: horizontal surface, level
Narrower terms: bell deck, dance floor, floorboard, parquet, parquet floor, truck bed
noun
Meaning 6
building material used in laying floors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: building material
History
Etymology
From Middle English floring.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَرْضِيَّة (ʔarḍiyya) — floor
- Bulgarian: гредоред (gredored) — floor
- Bulgarian: дюшеме (djušeme) — floor
- Bulgarian: паркет (parket) — floor
- Choctaw: aboha patʋlhpo — floor
- Finnish: lattia — floor
- German: Fußboden — floor
- German: Boden — floor
- Indonesian: bahan untuk lantai — floor
- Ingrian: silta — floor
- Italian: tavolato — floor
- Latin: tabulātum — floor
- Macedonian: под (pod) — floor
- Macedonian: патос (patos) — floor
- Malay: alas lantai — floor
- Mongolian: шал (šal) — floor
- Portuguese: tablado — floor
- Romanian: pardoseală — floor
- Serbo-Croatian: патос — floor
- Serbo-Croatian: под — floor
- Serbo-Croatian: patos — floor
- Serbo-Croatian: pod — floor
- Spanish: solería — floor
- Spanish: solado — floor
- Bulgarian: подова настилка (podova nastilka) — material
- Choctaw: aboha patʋlhpo — material
- Finnish: lattiamateriaali — material
- German: Bodenbelag — material
- Irish: urlárlach — material
- Spanish: solería — material
- Spanish: soladura — material
- Finnish: pudottaminen — knockdown
- Finnish: tyrmäys — knockdown
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