first floor

noun

1. the ground floor of a building.
2. the floor above the ground floor of a building.

first floor

noun

1. the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floor US and Canadian termsecond floor
2. See ground floor
   another term for ground floor

Word History and Origins

Origin of first floor¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

Now, some of the kindergarten children were standing straight as soldiers in a line at the door of their first-floor classroom.

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In particular, Skylar had been caught frequently sneaking out of her first-floor bedroom window at night.

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He commenced firing down on people having their breakfast in the first-floor cafeteria.

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According to a 2008 Boston Globe profile of Romney, four portraits hang in the first-floor hallway of his house in Belmont, Mass.

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Inside a first-floor chapel, the floor was stained with the blood of victims whose bodies were dragged into the building.

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On this balcony, which stretched along the whole range of first-floor bedrooms, he stood for a while, pondering deeply.

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I took up my position at the Maison-d'or, in one of the first-floor rooms, and did not lose sight of the window for an instant.

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All B—— turned out, but did not obstruct my view, for I was at the large first-floor window and not ten yards away.

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Mrs. Errington occupied the two rooms on the first-floor above Mr. Diamond's parlours.

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A very mild reading-man had attempted his life by dropping a Liddell and Scott on to his head from a first-floor room.

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