ground floor

noun

plural ground floors

1

: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : first floor sense 1

2

: a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants

—used especially in the phrase in on the ground floor

Examples of ground floor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is also an in-house, 30-seater cinema (watch out for dedicated film nights) and the long-running, kid-friendly Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Afternoon Tea Experience, served on the lower ground floor. —Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025

The TVLine Spotlight shined on the cast of Dark Winds when Zahn McClarnon, Deanna Allison, Jessica Matten and Kiowa Gordon stopped by PMC’s New York ground floor studio on a rainy Wednesday night for a cozy Q&A before an audience of fans. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Mar. 2025

There will be five floors in total, ranging from a ground floor containing a sizeable club shop and pub up to the fourth floor that will be dominated by a hospitality lounge. —Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025

Part of the Community Image Amid the sounds of chiming clocks inside and the calls for Muslim prayer outside, Mr. Shakoor and another repairman were minding the Taj shop in the cavernous ground floor of the Ramada Old Town building, adjacent to Souk Waqif, on a recent evening. —David Belcher, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ground floor

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore