Floor
41floor — [1] The flat base panel of a vehicle. [2] A verb meaning to push the accelerator as far as it will go (i.e., to the floor). [3] The vertical transverse plate immediately above the bottom shell plating, often located at every frame, extending from …
42floor — [OE] Floor and its first cousins, German flur ‘paved floor’ and Dutch vloer ‘floor’, go back to a prehistoric Germanic *flōruz. They are related to various Celtic words for ‘floor’, including Old Irish lār, Welsh llawr, and Breton leur, and it… …
43floor — A term used metaphorically, in parliamentary practice, to denote the exclusive right to address the body in session. A member who has been recognized by the chairman, and who is in order, is said to have the floor , until his remarks are… …
44floor — A term used metaphorically, in parliamentary practice, to denote the exclusive right to address the body in session. A member who has been recognized by the chairman, and who is in order, is said to have the floor , until his remarks are… …
45floor — [OE] Floor and its first cousins, German flur ‘paved floor’ and Dutch vloer ‘floor’, go back to a prehistoric Germanic *flōruz. They are related to various Celtic words for ‘floor’, including Old Irish lār, Welsh llawr, and Breton leur, and it… …
46floor- — Prefix used to indicate that a given food item has spent some period of time on the floor, but may still be consumed if desired. Floor chips are great, but unless you ve cleaned the house really recently, floor pizza cheese is terrible …
47floor- — Prefix used to indicate that a given food item has spent some period of time on the floor, but may still be consumed if desired. Floor chips are great, but unless you ve cleaned the house really recently, floor pizza cheese is terrible …
48floor — See: ground floor, mop the floor with, walk the floor …
49floor — noun 1》 the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk. ↘the bottom of the sea, a cave, etc.: the ocean floor. 2》 a storey of a building. 3》 (the floor) the part of a legislative assembly in which members sit and from which they speak.… …
50floor — v. a. 1. Cover with a floor, put a floor on. 2. Overthrow, prostrate, bring to the floor, knock down. 3. Prevail over (in argument), pose, nonplus, get the better of …