Definition

1. Noun:
   • Material used to make a floor: "Flooring" refers to the building materials or coverings that are installed to create a walking surface inside a building or structure.
   • The action or process of installing a floor: "Flooring" can also refer to the act or business of putting down floor materials.

Usage and Examples

• Noun (Material):
  • We are choosing between hardwood and tile flooring for the kitchen.
  • The contractor ordered the laminate flooring for the new office.
• Noun (Action/Industry):
  • His company specializes in the flooring of commercial buildings.
  • Proper flooring requires skill and the right tools.

Advanced Usage

• "to be in the flooring business": to work in the industry of selling or installing floor materials.
  • After years as a carpenter, he decided to go into the flooring business.

Variants and Related Words

• Floor (n): the lower surface of a room.
  • The floor was cold in the morning.
• Floor (v): to provide with a floor; to knock someone down.
  • They will floor the attic with plywood.
• Floorboard (n): a board in a wooden floor.
  • A loose floorboard creaked underfoot.

Synonyms

• Floor covering: material used to cover a floor.
• Paving: material used to form a hard surface on the ground (often for outdoor areas).

Related Phrases

• "to lay flooring": to install floor materials.
  • It took two days to lay the flooring in the living room.

Noun

1. building material used in laying floors
2. 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