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Synonyms: floor, flooring Definition: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) Usage: they needed rugs to cover the bare floors; we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent

Hypernyms: horizontal surface, level Definition: a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line Usage: park the car on the level

Synonyms: floor, level, storey, story Definition: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale Usage: what level is the office on?

Hypernyms: structure, construction Definition: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts Usage: the structure consisted of a series of arches; she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons

Synonyms: trading floor, floor Definition: a large room in a exchange where the trading is done Usage: he is a floor trader

Hypernyms: room Definition: an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling Usage: the rooms were very small but they had a nice view

Synonyms: floor Definition: the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business Usage: there was a motion from the floor

Hypernyms: hall Definition: a large room for gatherings or entertainment Usage: lecture hall; pool hall

Synonyms: floor Definition: the parliamentary right to address an assembly Usage: the chairman granted him the floor

Hypernyms: right Definition: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature Usage: they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people- Eleanor Roosevelt; a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away

Synonyms: base, floor Definition: a lower limit Usage: the government established a wage floor

Hypernyms: control Definition: the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. Usage: they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls

Synonyms: floor Definition: the occupants of a floor Usage: the whole floor complained about the lack of heat

Hypernyms: gathering, assemblage Definition: a group of persons together in one place

Synonyms: floor Definition: the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water

Hypernyms: surface, Earth's surface Definition: the outermost level of the land or sea Usage: earthquakes originate far below the surface; three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water

Synonyms: floor Definition: the ground on which people and animals move about Usage: the fire spared the forest floor

Hypernyms: land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, dry land, earth Definition: the solid part of the earth's surface Usage: the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land; the earth shook for several minutes; he dropped the logs on the ground

Synonyms: floor, knock down, deck, dump, coldcock Definition: knock down with force Usage: He decked his opponent

Hypernyms: beat Definition: hit repeatedly Usage: beat on the door; beat the table with his shoe