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How to pronounce floor in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flooring
Type of horizontal surface, level
Has types dance floor, floorboard, bell deck, parquet floor, parquet, truck bed


they needed rugs to cover the bare floors.
we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent.
Type Words
Synonyms ball over, blow out of the water, shock, take aback
Type of surprise
Has types startle, galvanize, galvanise


I was floored when I heard that I was promoted.
Type Words
Synonyms base
Type of control
Has types price floor, wage floor


the government established a wage floor.
Type Words
Synonyms coldcock, deck, dump, knock down
Type of beat
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Synonyms trading floor
Type of room


he is a floor trader.
Type Words
Synonyms level, storey, story
Type of construction, structure
Has types ground level, basement, cellar, mezzanine floor, mezzanine, loft, garret, ground floor, entresol, first floor, attic
Type Words
Type of surface, earth's surface
Type Words
Type of terra firma, land, solid ground, earth, dry land, ground


the fire spared the forest floor.
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Type of hall


there was a motion from the floor.
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Type of surface, earth's surface


the floor of the pelvis.
the floor of the cave.
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Type of assemblage, gathering


the whole floor complained about the lack of heat.
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Type of right


the chairman granted him the floor.

Examples of floor

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The home team struggled from the floor, making just 5 of 32 field goal attempts.
From the stltoday.com
He lives today in a top-floor apartment at Tahoma Terrace with his wife, Jeanne.
From the thenewstribune.com
If you sit, make sure your chair allows you to rest both feet flat on the floor.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Place a shallow metal container of water on the floor of the oven to make steam.
From the thenewstribune.com
Another scrum and Williams hit the floor, victim of a Thompson foul, his fourth.
From the thenewstribune.com
Paul raced all over the floor, showing the athleticism that could make him rich.
From the omaha.com
The concussions started in seventh grade when she hit her head on the gym floor.
From the abcnews.go.com
The synthetic ice, that is, that's been laid down on Buntport's warehouse floor.
From the denverpost.com
With James on the bench, St. Dominic found its stride on both ends of the floor.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
  • Shock: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
  • A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
  • Deck: knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
  • A lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
  • The ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
  • A floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces using modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal, or any other material that can hold a person's weight.
  • Floor was a doom/stoner band from Florida, United States of America.
  • A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building that has a permanent roof and could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). The plurals are storeys and stories, respectively.