OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4325

floor

/flɔː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hornera • piso • solera • suelo
The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
The room has a wooden floor.
huello • suelo
The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
The leaves covering the forest floor provide many hiding-places for small animals.
planta
In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
palabra
The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
piso • suelo
A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
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