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floor·ing

 (flôr′ĭng)
n.
1. A floor.
2. Material, such as lumber or tile, used in making floors.
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flooring

(ˈflɔːrɪŋ)
n
1. (Building) the material used in making a floor, esp the surface material
2. (Building) another word for floor1
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floor•ing

(ˈflɔr ɪŋ, ˈfloʊr-)

n.
1. a floor.
2. floors collectively.
3. materials for making floors.
[1615–25]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.flooring - the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)flooring - the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
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
hall, hallway - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall"
horizontal surface, level - a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line; "park the car on the level"
parquet, parquet floor - a floor made of parquetry
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
truck bed - the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer
2.flooring - building material used in laying floors
building material - material used for constructing buildings
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Translations
مواد تغطيَة المصْطَبَه
podlahový materiál
gulvbeklædninggulvbelægning
padlózat
gólfefni
podlahová krytina
döşemelik

flooring

[ˈflɔːrɪŋ] Nsuelo m; (= material) → solería f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flooring

[ˈflɔːrɪŋ] n
(= covering) → revêtement m de sol
(= floor) → sol m (= wooden floor) → plancher m
(= boards, laminate) → matériau m pour planchers, matériaux mpl pour planchersfloor lamp n (US)lampadaire mfloor plan nplan m de niveaufloor polish ncire ffloor show nspectacle m de variétés
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

flooring

n
(= floor)(Fuß)boden m
(= material)Fußbodenbelag m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flooring

[ˈflɔːrɪŋ] n (floor) → pavimento; (material) → materiale m per pavimentazioni
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

floor

(floː) noun
1. the surface in a room etc on which one stands or walks.
2. all the rooms on the same level in a building. My office is on the third floor.
verb
1. to make or cover a floor. We've floored the kitchen with plastic tiles.
2. to knock down. He floored him with a powerful blow.
be floored
1. be completely surprised or shocked. We were completely floored by his behavior.
2. to have a floor of. Our bathroom is floored with ceramic tiles.
-floored
having a floor or floors (of a particular kind). a stone-floored kitchen.
ˈfloorboard noun
one of the narrow boards used to make a floor.
ˈflooring noun
material for making or covering floors.
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