Found 3 hits - Term: floor plan, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
floor \floor\ fl=or, n. as. fl=or; akin to d. vloer, g.
flur field, floor, entrance hall, icel. fl=or floor of a
cow stall, cf. ir. gael. lar floor, ground, earth, w.
llawr, perh. akin to l. planus level. cf. plain smooth.
1. the bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which
we stand and upon which the movables in the room are
supported.
1913 webster
2. 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.
1913 webster
3. the surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we
walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
1913 webster
4. a story of a building. see story.
1913 webster
5. legislative assemblies
a the part of the house assigned to the members.
b the right to speak; as, the gentleman from iowa has
the floor. u.s.
1913 webster
note: instead of he has the floor, the english say, he is in
possession of the house.
1913 webster
6. naut. that part of the bottom of a vessel on each side
of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
1913 webster
7. mining
a the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
deposit.
b a horizontal, flat ore body. --raymond.
1913 webster
floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or
saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors;
oilcloth.
floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor
boards before nailing them in position.
floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor.
floor plan.
a shipbuilding a longitudinal section, showing a ship
as divided at the water line.
b arch. a horizontal section, showing the thickness of
the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages,
apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of
a house.
1913 webster
see also:
plain story floor cloth floor cramp floor light floor plan
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
plan \plan\, n. f., fr. l. planus flat, level. see plain, a.
1. a draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a
plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of
a machine, or the representation or delineation of a
horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a
graphic representation; a diagram.
1913 webster
2. a scheme devised; a method of action or procedure
expressed or described in language; a project; as, the
plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
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god's plans like lines pure and white unfold. --m.
r. smith.
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3. a method; a way of procedure; a custom.
1913 webster
the simple plan,
that they should take who have the power,
and they should keep who can. --wordsworth.
1913 webster
body plan, floor plan, etc. see under body, floor,
etc.
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syn: scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project;
design; contrivance; device. see scheme.
1913 webster
see also:
plain body plan floor plan body floor scheme
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
floor plan
n : scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at
a given level; contrasts with elevation
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