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Meanings of floor in English

Portuguese
piso
Catalan
planta
Spanish
piso

A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.

        piso
        Portuguese
        pasmar
        Catalan
        xocar
        Spanish
        chocar

        Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.

              pasmar
              Spanish
              derribar

              Knock down with force.

                    derribar
                    Portuguese
                    piso
                    Catalan
                    terra
                    Spanish
                    piso

                    The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

                          piso
                          Usage of floor in English
                          1
                          A floor in home prices will also prevent future foreclosures, Zandi said.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          These well-appointed three-bedroom top floor apartments come with particularly good quality fittings.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          Soon, he said, he would get to work on the second floor.
                          The Hellbound Heart
                          4
                          The issue of casualisation and part time working conditions hit the floor.
                          The Irish Times
                          5
                          The Empire State Building was going up almost a floor per day.
                          New york: the novel
                          6
                          The rules merely allow potential floor area to be shifted, not created.
                          The Guardian
                          7
                          Since January I have asked questions on the floor of this House.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          Not a break in the ceiling; not a hole in the floor.
                          The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
                          9
                          More than two billion years ago, sand settled on the ocean floor.
                          News.com.au
                          10
                          So let's open up the floor once again in this new year.
                          Wired
                          11
                          His key contribution may have come off the floor at halftime, however.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          These mussels are harvested the old-fashioned way-bydredging along the sea floor.
                          The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
                          13
                          To her right was a short staircase leading to a second floor.
                          Depraved
                          14
                          Request corner room 814 on the top floor for a great view.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          Inside this, the main building, you're not allowed past the first floor.
                          Monster Hunter Vendetta
                          16
                          Ten times higher than the two tiny figures working at floor level.
                          Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
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                          Translations for floor
                          Russian
                          пол
                          Floor through the time
                          Floor across language varieties
                          Canada
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
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