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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Walk-up customers can eat at a handful of tables inside the food hall on the first floor.
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Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
After the security breaches at the Capitol, she was struck by the fact that the glass on the first floor could break and that doors did not automatically lock.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
The officials said the fire broke on the first floor but have not yet revealed an official cause.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The couple lives in the three-bedroom apartment on the first floor.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
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Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
After the security breaches at the Capitol, she was struck by the fact that the glass on the first floor could break and that doors did not automatically lock.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
The officials said the fire broke on the first floor but have not yet revealed an official cause.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The couple lives in the three-bedroom apartment on the first floor.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
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“First floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20floor. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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