{
    "term": "floor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the surface of a room that you walk on",
            "sensetop": "on the floor",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **wooden/concrete/tiled floor**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His glass fell to the floor and broke."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dog was lying on the kitchen floor.",
                    "contextForm": "on the floor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "ceramic floor tiles"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The furniture and floor coverings date from the 1920s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The alterations should give us extra **floor space**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The study was stacked from floor to ceiling with books."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you mind sitting on the floor?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't sleep on the bare floor!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His footsteps echoed on the wooden floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was sitting on the floor watching TV."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bathroom floor was flooded with water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were wooden panels from floor to ceiling."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bare", "cold", "hard"],
                "verb + floor": ["clean", "mop", "polish"],
                "floor + noun": ["covering", "mat", "tile"],
                "preposition": ["on the floor"],
                "phrases": ["from floor to ceiling"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the bottom surface of a vehicle",
            "labels": "North American English also",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The floor of the car was covered in food wrappers."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bare", "cold", "hard"],
                "verb + floor": ["clean", "mop", "polish"],
                "floor + noun": ["covering", "mat", "tile"],
                "preposition": ["on the floor"],
                "phrases": ["from floor to ceiling"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "all the rooms that are on the same level of a building",
            "sensetop": "on the… flooron… floors",
            "labels": "British EnglishNorth American English(British English)(US English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their apartment occupies the **top floor** of the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her office is on the second floor.",
                    "contextForm": "on the… floor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cafe on the mezzanine floor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **upper floors** of the building will contain function rooms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Irish guy who lives two floors above"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a lift to all floors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their house is on three floors *(= it has three floors)*.",
                    "contextForm": "on… floors"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays", "Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bottom", "first", "ground"],
                "verb + floor": ["occupy"],
                "preposition": ["on the floor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the ground at the bottom of the sea, a forest, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **ocean/sea/forest floor**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A layer of fine mud spread over the floor of the cave."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["canyon", "cave", "desert"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the part of a building where discussions or debates are held, especially in a parliament; the people who attend a discussion or debate",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Opposition politicians registered their protest on the floor of the House."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will now take any questions from the floor."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "an area in a building that is used for a particular activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "on the floor of the Stock Exchange *(= where trading takes place)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "the lowest level allowed for wages or prices",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Prices have **gone through the floor** *(= fallen to a very low level)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become involved in a plan, project, etc. at the beginning",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get/be given/have the right to speak during a discussion or debate",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to speak during a discussion or debate, especially for a long time so that nobody else is able to say anything",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She held the floor for over an hour."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start dancing on a dance floor",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Couples took the floor for the last dance of the evening."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to defeat somebody completely in an argument or a competition",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flɔː(r)/",
                "audio": "fl/floor/floor__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flɔːr/",
                "audio": "fl/floor/floor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English flōr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloer and German Flur."
}