first floor
noun
plural first floors
1
: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : ground floor sense 1
2
chiefly British
: the floor next above the ground floor
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Photo : Ben Wright Photography/Blue Book Agency Natural light streams into the annex on the first floor.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
The doors to several apartments on the first floor remained stained with the victims’ bloody handprints Saturday.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Accessories will be displayed on the ground floor, with ready-to-wear on the first floor.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
The first floor welcomes you with generous living and dining spaces that flow seamlessly toward a picture window framing serene forest views.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
The doors to several apartments on the first floor remained stained with the victims’ bloody handprints Saturday.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Accessories will be displayed on the ground floor, with ready-to-wear on the first floor.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
The first floor welcomes you with generous living and dining spaces that flow seamlessly toward a picture window framing serene forest views.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for first floor
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“First floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20floor. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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