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floor

US /flɔr/

noun Foundation · A2 Văn phòng

Definition

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The sales department moved to the fifth floor last week.

Synonyms

  • storeya structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
  • levela position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
  • groundthe solid part of the earth's surface

Collocations

  • Easy first floor
    describing first floor (the first or highest in an ordering or series)
  • Medium factory floor supervision
    describing factory floor supervision (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)
  • Hard price floor regulation
    to price floor regulation, meaning to determine the price of
  • Very Hard yield floor to dissenting shareholders
    to yield floor to dissenting shareholders, meaning to be the cause or source of

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