floor
other parts of houses or other buildings HOUSE, BUILDING
cleaning a floor CLEAN/DIRTY
- the flat surface that you walk on inside a building: floor
a wooden/stone/concrete floor ◎ to sit on the floor
- a long piece of wood which fits together with others to make a floor: floorboard
- a level in a building: floor
the ground/first/top floor
- one of the floors in a ship or a bus: deck
the top deck ◎ on a lower deck
※ different kinds of floor covering
- a thick piece of material made from wool or sth similar, which is used to cover floors and stairs: carpet
to lay a carpet (= to put a new one on a floor)
- to put carpets in a building: carpet sth
The house is carpeted throughout.
- a carpet which covers the whole area of the floor: fitted carpet
- a small carpet: rug, mat
There was a Chinese rug in front of the fire. ◎ a straw mat ◎ a bath mat
- strong smooth materials that are used for covering floors: vinyl (noun U), linoleum (noun U), (informal) lino (noun U)
- a flat, square object which fits together with others in rows to cover a floor, wall, etc: tile; if you put these on a floor or wall, you tile sth
floor tiles ◎ We're going to tile the bathroom floor.
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