floor-through

[ flawr-throo, flohr- ]

adjective

1. occupying the entire depth of a building:

   a floor-through apartment.

noun

1. a floor-through dwelling.

Word History and Origins

Origin of floor-through¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Built in 1915, this four-story, 5,181-square-foot building in Midtown includes a ground-floor retail space and three floor-through office lofts.

From New York Times

As Shivers, 78, a certified public accountant and jewelry designer, walked down the long center hallway of the floor-through apartment accompanied by Addison, a black cocker spaniel, he pointed out Finis displayed alongside work by other artists from the CFM Gallery stable, including Anne Bachelier, Michael Parkes, and Frederick Hart, whom Shivers describes as “steeped in their own worlds.”

From New York Times

This 5,250-square-foot, four-story building in Greenwich Village contains a vacant retail space on the ground floor and four gut-renovated, free-market apartments: a one-bedroom behind the retail space, two floor-through four-bedrooms and one floor-through three-bedroom.

From New York Times

Each is divided into five floor-through apartments, for a total of two two-bedroom duplexes with basement recreation rooms, six three-bedrooms and two four-bedrooms with terraces.

From New York Times

It has two floor-through two-bedroom units, one garden-level duplex and a basement.

From New York Times

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