floor / flôr/ • n. 1. the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk: he dropped the cup and it smashed on the floor the kitchen floor. ∎  all the rooms or areas on the same level of a building; a story: his office was on the twenty-second floor | [as adj. , in comb.] a third-floor apartment. ∎  a level area or space used or designed for a particular activity. ∎  fig. the minimum level of prices or wages: the dollar's floor against the yen. ∎ inf. the ground: the best way to play is to pass the ball on the floor. ∎  the bottom of the sea, a cave, or an area of land: the ocean floor.2. (the floor) (in a legislative assembly) the part of the house in which members sit and from which they speak. ∎  the right or opportunity to speak next in debate: other speakers have the floor. ∎  (of the stock exchange) the large central hall where trading takes place.• v. [tr.] 1. (often be floored) provide (a room or area) with a floor: a hall floored in gleaming white oak. | [as adj. , in comb.] (-floored) a stone-floored building. 2. inf. knock (someone) to the ground, esp. with a punch. ∎  baffle or confound (someone) completely: that question floored him.PHRASES: cross the floorsee cross.from the floor (of a speech or question) delivered by an individual member at a meeting, not by a representative on the platform: questions from the floor will be invited.take the floor1. begin to dance on a dance floor.2. speak in a debate or assembly.