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{
"term": "floor",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the surface of a room that you walk on",
"sensetop": "on the floor",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **wooden/concrete/tiled floor**"
},
{
"text": "His glass fell to the floor and broke."
},
{
"text": "The dog was lying on the kitchen floor.",
"contextForm": "on the floor"
},
{
"text": "ceramic floor tiles"
},
{
"text": "The furniture and floor coverings date from the 1920s."
},
{
"text": "The alterations should give us extra **floor space**."
},
{
"text": "The study was stacked from floor to ceiling with books."
},
{
"text": "Do you mind sitting on the floor?"
},
{
"text": "I can't sleep on the bare floor!"
},
{
"text": "His footsteps echoed on the wooden floor."
},
{
"text": "She was sitting on the floor watching TV."
},
{
"text": "The bathroom floor was flooded with water."
},
{
"text": "There were wooden panels from floor to ceiling."
}
],
"topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bare", "cold", "hard"],
"verb + floor": ["clean", "mop", "polish"],
"floor + noun": ["covering", "mat", "tile"],
"preposition": ["on the floor"],
"phrases": ["from floor to ceiling"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the bottom surface of a vehicle",
"labels": "North American English also",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The floor of the car was covered in food wrappers."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bare", "cold", "hard"],
"verb + floor": ["clean", "mop", "polish"],
"floor + noun": ["covering", "mat", "tile"],
"preposition": ["on the floor"],
"phrases": ["from floor to ceiling"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "all the rooms that are on the same level of a building",
"sensetop": "on the… flooron… floors",
"labels": "British EnglishNorth American English(British English)(US English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their apartment occupies the **top floor** of the building."
},
{
"text": "Her office is on the second floor.",
"contextForm": "on the… floor"
},
{
"text": "a cafe on the mezzanine floor"
},
{
"text": "The **upper floors** of the building will contain function rooms."
},
{
"text": "the Irish guy who lives two floors above"
},
{
"text": "There is a lift to all floors."
},
{
"text": "Their house is on three floors *(= it has three floors)*.",
"contextForm": "on… floors"
}
],
"topics": ["Holidays", "Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bottom", "first", "ground"],
"verb + floor": ["occupy"],
"preposition": ["on the floor"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the ground at the bottom of the sea, a forest, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **ocean/sea/forest floor**"
},
{
"text": "A layer of fine mud spread over the floor of the cave."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["canyon", "cave", "desert"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the part of a building where discussions or debates are held, especially in a parliament; the people who attend a discussion or debate",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Opposition politicians registered their protest on the floor of the House."
},
{
"text": "We will now take any questions from the floor."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "an area in a building that is used for a particular activity",
"examples": [
{
"text": "on the floor of the Stock Exchange *(= where trading takes place)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "the lowest level allowed for wages or prices",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Prices have **gone through the floor** *(= fallen to a very low level)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to become involved in a plan, project, etc. at the beginning",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to get/be given/have the right to speak during a discussion or debate",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to speak during a discussion or debate, especially for a long time so that nobody else is able to say anything",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She held the floor for over an hour."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to start dancing on a dance floor",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Couples took the floor for the last dance of the evening."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to defeat somebody completely in an argument or a competition",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/flɔː(r)/",
"audio": "fl/floor/floor__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/flɔːr/",
"audio": "fl/floor/floor__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English flōr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloer and German Flur."
}