floor: translation
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noun
1 lower surface of a room
ADJECTIVE
▪ bare, cold, hard
▪ I can't sleep on the bare floor!
▪ dirty, dusty
▪ wet
▪ clean, polished, smooth
▪ cement, concrete, stone
▪ dirt (esp. AmE)
▪ hardwood, parquet, wood, wooden
▪ carpeted, linoleum, marble, tiled
▪ bathroom, kitchen, etc.
▪ raised
▪ dance
VERB + FLOOR
▪ clean, mop, polish, scrub, sweep, wash, wax, wipe
▪ drop to, fall to
▪ His glass fell to the floor and broke.
▪ hit
▪ reach, touch
▪ pace, walk
▪ cover, litter
FLOOR + NOUN
▪ covering, mat, tile
▪ lamp (esp.AmE)
▪ space
▪ exercises
▪ plan
PREPOSITION
▪ on the floor
▪ Do you mind sitting on the floor?
PHRASES
▪ from floor to ceiling
▪ Bookcases lined the walls from floor to ceiling.
2 bottom of the sea, a forest, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ canyon, cave, desert, forest, ocean, sea, valley
3 level in a building
ADJECTIVE
▪ bottom, first (= at entrance level) (AmE), ground (BrE)
▪ top
▪ first, second, third, etc. (In BrE, the first floor is the floor above the entrance level. This is called the second floor in AmE.)
▪ mezzanine
▪ lower, upper
VERB + FLOOR
▪ occupy
▪ The offices occupy the top floor of the building.
PREPOSITION
▪ on the floor
▪ a cafe on the mezzanine floor
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verb
Floor is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accelerator, ↑pedal