drain drainage | emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it |
cabaret floorshow floor show | a series of acts at a night club |
dance floor | a bare floor polished for dancing |
drainage ditch | a ditch for carrying off excess water or sewage |
drainage system | a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water |
floor 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 |
floor level storey story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
floor trading floor | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done, he is a floor trader |
floor | the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business, there was a motion from the floor |
floorboard floor board | a board in the floor |
floor cover floor covering | a covering for a floor |
floor joist | joist that supports a floor |
floor lamp | a lamp that stands on the floor |
floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
fly gallery fly floor | a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater, stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies |
ground floor first floor ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
mezzanine mezzanine floor entresol | intermediate floor just above the ground floor |
parquet parquet floor | a floor made of parquetry |
shop floor | workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines, the productive work is done on the shop floor |
threshing floor | a floor or ground area for threshing or treading out grain |
floor | the parliamentary right to address an assembly, the chairman granted him the floor |
privilege of the floor | the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session |
floor base | a lower limit, the government established a wage floor |
price floor | floor below which prices are not allowed to fall, the government used price supports to maintain the price floor |
wage floor | floor below which wages are not allowed to fall |
ground floor | becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage), he got in on the ground floor |
floor | the occupants of a floor, the whole floor complained about the lack of heat |
river basin basin watershed drainage basin catchment area catchment basin drainage area | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet, flood control in the Missouri basin |
floor | the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water |
floor | the ground on which people and animals move about, the fire spared the forest floor |
floor | the lower inside surface of any hollow structure, the floor of the pelvis, the floor of the cave |
ocean floor sea floor ocean bottom seabed sea bottom Davy Jones's locker Davy Jones | the bottom of a sea or ocean |
floor leader | the legislator who organizes his party's strategy |
floor wax | a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors |
take the floor | rise in order to make a speech or motion |
deck coldcock dump knock down floor | knock down with force, He decked his opponent |
shock floor ball over blow out of the water take aback | surprise greatly, knock someone's socks off, I was floored when I heard that I was promoted |
take the floor | stand up to dance |
ground-floor | on the floor closest to level with the ground, the ground-floor entrance is kept locked |
downstairs down the stairs on a lower floor below | on a floor below, the tenants live downstairs |
upstairs up the stairs on a higher floor | on a floor above, they lived upstairs |