floor
part of speech
noun (floor, floors); verb (floor, floored — to knock down or to surprise)
meaning for a pupil
1) A floor is the flat part of a room that you walk on. tree →
2) A floor is a level of a building, one above another, like the third floor. tree →
3) The ocean floor or forest floor is the ground at the bottom. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Gifts of grain and wine were set aside from the threshing-floor and winepress. The Feast of Tabernacles came after the harvest was gathered. Interpretation: The law says part of the harvest must be given, as the priests' share. Sukkot is read as a time of thanks for the harvest. In the primary lessons: maths: a flat surface to cover (area in square units: length × width; tiles and carpet) or a level of a building counted up and down («each floor has» gives a group to multiply); science: the forest floor, the ocean floor; everyday life: sweep the floor; safety: wet floor signs, keep toys off the floor; British «ground floor» is the US «first floor»
examples
- Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress. (Torah DEU.16.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the gift which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press. (Torah NUM.18.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart. (Torah NUM.15.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. (Prophets 1KI.6.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- For he said: 'Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.' (Writings RUT.3.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- The floor is 5 metres long and 4 metres wide. tree →
- The hotel has 12 floors. tree →
- Each floor has 9 rooms. tree →
- She tiles a floor of 20 square feet. tree →
- Please pick your clothes up off the floor. tree →
- Careful, the floor is wet. tree →
- Leaves cover the forest floor. tree →
- Our classroom is on the second floor. tree →
note
With length and width it points to area (length × width); with «each floor has» it is a group for multiplying. Trap: going up from floor 3 to floor 7 is 4 floors, not 7. In the UK the floor at street level is the ground floor; in the USA it is the first floor.
In the corpora
- And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
- The threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.
- And the floors shall be full of corn, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
- Wilt thou rely on him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshing-floor?
- Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «floor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.