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floor.
1. Division between one storey and another. In the UK ground-, first-, second-, etc., described the storeys, but in many countries ‘first-floor’ means the ‘ground-floor’, etc.

2. Set of rooms and landings, on the same level, i.e. in one storey.

3. Layer of boards, etc., on which people tread, and i.e. the surface of the floor in the room.

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