flooring

Noun
Synonyms: floor

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)“they needed rugs to cover the bare floors”“we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent”Synonyms: floor
  2. building material used in laying floors
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Floor \Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.]

1.To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards. [1913 Webster]

2.To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. [1913 Webster]

Floored or crushed by him.— Coleridge.[1913 Webster]

3.To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

I've floored my little-go work.— T. Hughes.[1913 Webster]
Flooring \Floor"ing\, n. A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

2.Material for the construction of a floor or floors. [1913 Webster]

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