Floor vs. Roof

Floornoun

The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

Floornoun

Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).

Floornoun

The lower inside surface of a hollow space.

Floornoun

A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.

Floornoun

The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.

Floornoun

A storey/story of a building.

Floornoun

In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.

Floornoun

Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.

Floornoun

(nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

Floornoun

(mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

Floornoun

(mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.

Floornoun

(mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.

Floornoun

(gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.

Floornoun

(gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.

Floornoun

(finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.

Floornoun

A dance floor.

Floornoun

The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition

Floorverb

To cover or furnish with a floor.

Floorverb

To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

Floorverb

To accelerate rapidly.

Floorverb

To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.

Floorverb

To amaze or greatly surprise.

Floorverb

(colloquial) To finish or make an end of.

Floorverb

(mathematics) To set a lower bound.

Floornoun

The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

Floornoun

The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.

Floornoun

The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

Floornoun

A story of a building. See Story.

Floornoun

The part of the house assigned to the members.

Floornoun

That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

Floornoun

The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

Floorverb

To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

Floorverb

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.

Floorverb

To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.

Floornoun

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway);

Floornoun

structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building;

Floornoun

a lower limit;

Floornoun

the ground on which people and animals move about;

Floornoun

the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.

Floornoun

the occupants of a floor;

Floornoun

the parliamentary right to address an assembly;

Floornoun

the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business;

Floornoun

a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done;

Floorverb

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off;

Floorverb

knock down with force;

Floor

A floor is the bottom surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces made with modern technology.

Roofnoun

The external covering at the top of a building

Roofnoun

The upper part of a cavity.

Roofnoun

(mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

Roofverb

To cover or furnish with a roof.

Roofverb

To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.

Roofverb

(slang) To put into prison for not a short time.

Roofnoun

The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.

Roofnoun

That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.

Roofnoun

The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

Roofverb

To cover with a roof.

Roofverb

To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.

Roofnoun

a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

Roofnoun

protective covering on top of a motor vehicle

Roofverb

provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof

Roofnoun

the structure forming the upper covering of a building or vehicle

Roofnoun

the top inner surface of a covered area or space; the ceiling

Roofnoun

used to signify a house or other building, especially in the context of hospitality or shelter

Roofnoun

the upper limit or level of prices or wages

Roofverb

cover with a roof

Roofverb

function as the roof of

Roof

A roof is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temperature, and wind. A roof is part of the building envelope.