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floor

[flawr] / flɔr /
NOUN
bottom of a room; level of a multistory building
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basement canvas carpet deck flooring ground mat rug stage
STRONG
boards cellar flat landing mezzanine nadir story tier upstairs
WEAK
downstairs lowest point
Antonyms
WEAK
ceiling
VERB
perplex, confound
Synonyms
STRONG
baffle beat bewilder conquer defeat discomfit disconcert down drop dumbfound fell flatten ground level nonplus overthrow prostrate puzzle stump throw
WEAK
bowl over bring down bring up short knock down lay low
Antonyms
STRONG
clarify clear up encourage enlighten explain explicate

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Woods didn’t announce his invention from a lecture hall or an exhibition floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Once again, yet another bill was passed through the House via use of a discharge petition, in which 218 signatories to a petition can force a floor vote on a bill.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

"Firstly we thought one of the village's cats had been locked in as there was stock lying on the floor," he explained.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Most memorable was an escalator ride going down to the main floor of a Cambridge, Mass., hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The other was a fickle thing, popping out at the most inconvenient times, rolling across the forest floor and picking up debris.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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