DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 Floor n.
 1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
 2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
 3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
 4. A story of a building. See Story.
 5. Legislative Assemblies (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has the floor. [U.S.]
 Note: ☞ Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
 6. Naut. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
 7. Mining (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body.
 Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth.
 Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position.
 Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor.
 Floor plan. (a) Shipbuilding A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) Arch. A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.