KJV Dictionary Definition: floor

floor

FLOOR, n. flore. In early ages, the inhabitants of Europe had no floor in their huts, but the ground. The sense of the word is probably that which is laid or spread.

1. That part of a building or room on which we walk; the bottom or lower part, consisting, in modern houses, of boards, plands or pavement; as the floor of a house, room, bar, stable or outhouse.

2. A platform of boards or plans laid on timbers, as in a bridge; any similar platform.

3. A story in a building; as the first or second floor.

4. A floor or earthen floor is still used in some kinds of business, made of loam, or of lime, sand and iron dust, as in malting.

5. The bottom of a ship, or that part which is nearly horizontal.

FLOOR, v.t. To lay a floor; to cover timbers with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

floored

FLOOR'ED, Covered with boards, plank or pavement; furnished with a floor.

flooring

FLOOR'ING, ppr. Laying a floor; furnishing with a floor.

FLOOR'ING, n.

1. A platform; the bottom of a room or building; pavement.

2. Materials for floors.