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FLOORING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent

Synonyms:

floor; flooring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("flooring" is a kind of...):

horizontal surface; level (a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flooring"):

bell deck (a floor under the bells of an open belfry)

dance floor (a bare floor polished for dancing)

floorboard (the floor of an automobile)

parquet; parquet floor (a floor made of parquetry)

truck bed (the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer)

Holonyms ("flooring" is a part of...):

hall; hallway (an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open)

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Building material used in laying floors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("flooring" is a kind of...):

building material (material used for constructing buildings)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb floor

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