| apartment building |
An apartment building is a place that has apartments where different people live. Many families, couples, and single people can live in one apartment building. An apartment building often has many floors with different apartments on each floor. |
| attic |
An attic is the space in a house that is under the roof and over the ceiling of the top floor. People often store things in the attic. |
| balcony |
an upper floor with rows of seats that juts out into a theater or auditorium. [1/2 definitions] |
| bowl2 |
When you bowl, you play the game of bowling. Bowling is a kind of game or sport. In bowling, people roll a heavy ball down a long wooden floor and try to hit some standing pieces of wood called "pins." People score points when the pins fall down. |
| bowling |
Bowling is a game in which people roll a heavy ball down a long wooden floor and try to hit some standing pieces of wood called "pins." People score points when they hit the pins and make them fall down. |
| carpet |
A carpet is something people use to cover a floor. A carpet is often made of thick wool or something like wool that is woven together. A carpet makes a floor comfortable to walk on or sit on. [1/2 definitions] |
| continental shelf |
the edge of a continent that is below water. Just beyond the continental shelf lies a steep slope leading down to the ocean floor. |
| deck |
the floor on a ship or boat. Sometimes a ship has several decks at different levels. [2/4 definitions] |
| dirt |
Dirt is a substance that is not clean, such as the stuff that gets on your shoes when you walk or play outside. When you sweep a floor, you move dirt around. Dust and mud are kinds of dirt too. [1/2 definitions] |
| downstairs |
at, to, or on a lower floor. [3 definitions] |
| elevator |
a platform or a small room used to raise and lower people or goods from one level or floor to another in a building. [1/2 definitions] |
| escalator |
An escalator is a set of stairs that moves. It carries people from one floor to another in large stores, airports, and other places. |
| expose |
When you expose something, you make it visible by taking the covering off it. If you take off the carpet in a room, you will expose the floor. [1/4 definitions] |
| fall |
When someone falls, they lose their balance and drop to the ground or to the floor. When something falls, it moves through the air from a higher place to a lower place. [1/9 definitions] |
| fifth |
When you live on the fifth floor, it means that you live on the floor that comes after the fourth floor. [1/3 definitions] |
| flat2 |
a British word for a group of connected rooms on one floor used as a place to live. "Flat" usually has the same meaning as "apartment." |
| floor |
to cover with or provide with a floor or floor covering. [1/6 definitions] |
| footprint |
A footprint is a mark that a foot makes. You make a footprint when you step in wet sand. If you walk on a clean floor with a dirty shoe, you leave a footprint. |
| for sale |
If something is for sale, it means that somebody wants to sell it. Many things in a store are for sale, but some things, like the counters, the cash registers, and the floor are not for sale. |
| gallery |
an upper floor which opens over a theater or large hall; balcony. [1/2 definitions] |
| girder |
a heavy beam made of steel or wood used to support the floor or framework of a bridge or building. |