flooring

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flooring

  • /ˈflɔːrɪŋ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːɹɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English floring.

noun floorings

  1. countable, uncountable A floor. Every day we are exposed to low doses of phthalates in food containers, perfumes, hairsprays, floorings, paints, toys and medical devices.
  2. countable, uncountable A material used to make floors. Now that it owns the best-known brand names in residential carpet, don't be surprised if Mohawk Industries sails into new waters - tile, resilient or even wood floorings - Chairman David Kolb hinted Wednesday.
  3. countable, uncountable The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of floor

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: floorboard, parquet, tile, pavement, coating, lining, ground, cladding, surface, soil, wood, platform, procuracy, prefinished, sol, coatings

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noun floor

Españolsolería, solado
Portuguêstablado
DeutschFußboden, Boden
Italianotavolato
Românăpardoseală
العربيةأَرْضِيَّة ʔarḍiyya

noun material

Españolsolería, soladura
DeutschBodenbelag

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@misc{flooring_2026,
  title = {flooring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flooring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}