floor

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. flooring, deck, pavement, terrazzo; story, level; rostrum. See covering, horizontal, layer.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The lower limit of a room]

Syn. floorboards, deck, flagstones, tiles, planking, parterre, ground, carpet, rug, linoleum, subfloor, platform.

2. [The space in a building between two floors]

Syn. story, stage, landing, level, flat, basement, cellar, ground floor, lower story, first floor, mezzanine, upper story, downstairs, upstairs, loft, attic, garret, penthouse.

v.

1. [To knock down]

Syn. fell, bring down, bowl over; see fell .

2. [*To confound]

Syn. flabbergast, astound, dumbfound, nonplus; see confuse , surprise 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. bottom footing, base, flooring, planking, parquet, linoleum, rug, carpeting, walkway.

2. story level, flight, tier, deck.

II

v.

flabbergast, astound, stun, stagger, shock, throw, nonplus, dumbfound, astonish, confound.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell1, flatten, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang: deck1. Idiom: lay low. See RISE. 2. To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment: boggle, bowl over, dumbfound, flabbergast, stagger. See EXCITE, SURPRISE.