cabaret floorshow floor show | a series of acts at a night club |
dance floor | a bare floor polished for dancing |
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 |
news article news story newspaper article | an article reporting news |
lead lead story | a news story of major importance |
story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events, he writes stories for the magazines |
adventure story heroic tale | a story of an adventure |
mystery mystery story whodunit | a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie |
detective story | a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution |
love story romance | a story dealing with love |
short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel |
history account chronicle story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
biography life life story life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
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 |
report news report story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
fib story tale tarradiddle taradiddle | a trivial lie, he told a fib about eating his spinach, how can I stop my child from telling stories? |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
dirty joke dirty story blue joke blue story | an indelicate joke |
funny story good story funny remark funny | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line), she told a funny story, she made a funny |
shaggy dog story | a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness |
narrative narration story tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events, presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program, his narrative was interesting, Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children |
sob story sob stuff | a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress, designed to arouse sympathy |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story | a story about fairies, told to amuse children |
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 |
residential district residential area community | a district where people live, occupied primarily by private residences |
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 |