释义
noun the ground floor of a building.
the floor above the ground floor of a building.
Origin of first floor First recorded in 1655–65
Words nearby first floor First Empire, first estate, first family, first finger, First Fleet, first floor , first-foot, first four ships, first fruits, first-generation, first gentleman
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Example sentences from the Web for first floor Now, some of the kindergarten children were standing straight as soldiers in a line at the door of their first-floor classroom.
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In particular, Skylar had been caught frequently sneaking out of her first-floor bedroom window at night.
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He commenced firing down on people having their breakfast in the first-floor cafeteria.
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According to a 2008 Boston Globe profile of Romney, four portraits hang in the first-floor hallway of his house in Belmont, Mass.
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Inside a first-floor chapel, the floor was stained with the blood of victims whose bodies were dragged into the building.
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On the first-floor landing they were met by a truly ridiculous spectacle.
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In the first-floor front room is a fine original ceiling in stucco, in which are the arms of Sir Paul Pindar.
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She has taken my first-floor apartments, with excellent references; and she gives remarkably little trouble.
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On the first-floor balcony men appeared dragging a great board faced with paper, on the paper enormous lettering.
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Deep paneled window seats, very common in contemporary houses, are a feature of the first-floor rooms.
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British Dictionary definitions for first floor noun British the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floor US and Canadian term: second floor
US and Canadian another term for ground floor
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