flooring
/flooring/
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Definition
- 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
- building material used in laying floors
- 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