floor plan

noun

1
: a scale diagram of a room or suite of rooms viewed from above and used especially for planning effective use and arrangement of furnishings
looking at the builder's floor plan
2
: the layout of a room or a suite of rooms
On the ground floor, design architects removed some walls to create an open floor plan with lots of light …Colleen O'Connor
a house with an unusual floor plan

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This single-story home presents a roomy floor plan, featuring five bedrooms and three baths. Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024 The spacious floor plans range from one- to three-bedroom residences (84–259 square meters, inclusive of balconies) to expansive four-bedroom sky villas (635–837 square meters, inclusive of balconies). Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024 The existing floor plan consisted of seven bedrooms, seven full baths, and two powder rooms—totaling about 12,000 square feet. Gay Gassmann, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024 The open floor plan came with a queen-size bed, a small sofa, and a glass coffee table dotted with secondhand books, including Pablo Capra’s Topanga Beach: A History 1820s-1920 and Mervyn Dykes's The Empty Eden. Grace Bernard, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for floor plan 

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of floor plan was in 1831

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“Floor plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20plan. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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