I.
noun
1 lower surface of a room
ADJECTIVE
▪ bare , cold , hard
▪
I can't sleep on the bare ~!
▪ 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 ~ and broke.
▪ hit
▪ reach , touch
▪ pace , walk
▪ cover , litter
FLOOR + NOUN
▪ covering , mat , tile
▪ lamp ( esp. AmE )
▪ space
▪ exercises
▪ plan
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~
▪
Do you mind sitting on the ~?
PHRASES
▪ from ~ to ceiling
▪
Bookcases lined the walls from ~ 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 ~ of the building.
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~
▪
a cafe on the mezzanine ~
II.
verb
Floor is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accelerator , ↑ pedal