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GROUND FLOOR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building

Synonyms:

first floor; ground floor; ground level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ground floor" is a kind of...):

floor; level; storey; story (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage)

Example:

he got in on the ground floor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("ground floor" is a kind of...):

beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)

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