From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
flooring
n 1: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or
hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
[syn: floor]
2: building material used in laying floors
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Floor \Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooring.]
1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to
floor a house with pine boards.
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2. 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.
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Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge.
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3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college
examination. [Colloq.]
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I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flooring \Floor"ing\, n.
A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See
Floor, n. --Addison.
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2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.
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