[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/floor/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / floor # floor noun (floor, floors); verb (floor, floored — to knock down or to surprise) «floor» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A floor is the flat part of a room that you walk on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#m1) 2. A floor is a level of a building, one above another, like the third floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#m2) 3. The ocean floor or forest floor is the ground at the bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#m3) ### In the lessons maths: a flat surface to cover (area in square units: length × width; tiles and carpet) or a level of a building counted up and down («each floor has» gives a group to multiply); science: the forest floor, the ocean floor; everyday life: sweep the floor; safety: wet floor signs, keep toys off the floor; British «ground floor» is the US «first floor» ### Examples - The floor is 5 metres long and 4 metres wide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#x1) - The hotel has 12 floors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#x2) - Each floor has 9 rooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#x3) - She tiles a floor of 20 square feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#x4) - Please pick your clothes up off the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#x5) - Careful, the floor is wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#x6) - Leaves cover the forest floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#x7) - Our classroom is on the second floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/#x8) ### Note With length and width it points to area (length × width); with «each floor has» it is a group for multiplying. Trap: going up from floor 3 to floor 7 is 4 floors, not 7. In the UK the floor at street level is the ground floor; in the USA it is the first floor. ## In Jewish tradition Gifts of grain and wine were set aside from the threshing-floor and winepress. The Feast of Tabernacles came after the harvest was gathered. **Interpretation.** The law says part of the harvest must be given, as the priests' share. Sukkot is read as a time of thanks for the harvest. ### Examples - Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress. (Torah DEU.16.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/floor/#x1) - And the gift which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press. (Torah NUM.18.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/floor/#x2) - Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart. (Torah NUM.15.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/floor/#x3) - Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/floor/#x4) - And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. (Prophets 1KI.6.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/floor/#x5) - For he said: 'Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.' (Writings RUT.3.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/floor/#x6) ### Note With length and width it points to area (length × width); with «each floor has» it is a group for multiplying. Trap: going up from floor 3 to floor 7 is 4 floors, not 7. In the UK the floor at street level is the ground floor; in the USA it is the first floor. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «floor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«floor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/floor.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «floor» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/floor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«floor» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/floor.html) on Mova free.