flooring
/ˈflɔːrɪŋ/
flooring noun: a floor. Also the present participle and gerund of floor.
Noun
flooring (countable and uncountable, plural floorings)
- A floor.
- Every day we are exposed to low doses of phthalates in food containers, perfumes, hairsprays, floorings, paints, toys and medical devices.2008 May/Jun, Erin Barnes, “Glossed Over”, in E: The Environmental Magazine, volume 19, number 3, page 21
- A material used to make floors.
- Now that it owns the best-known brand names in residential carpet, don't be surprised if Mohawk Industries sails into new waters - tile, resilient or even wood floorings - Chairman David Kolb hinted Wednesday.1994 April 14, Susannah Vesey, “Investment Conference”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta
- The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.
Also used as
flooring is also the present participle and gerund of floor.
flooring meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
flooring in Hindi
- फ्लोरिंग
flooring in Marathi
- फरसबंदी
flooring in Urdu
- فلورنگ
flooring in Malayalam
- ഫ്ലോറിംഗ്
More languagesFewer languages
- flooring in Kannada
- ನೆಲಹಾಸು
- flooring in Punjabi
- ਫਲੋਰਿੰਗ
- flooring in Gujarati
- ફ્લોરિંગ
- flooring in Odia
- ଫ୍ଲୋରିଂ
- flooring in Nepali
- फ्लोरिंग
- flooring in Arabic
- أَرْضِيَّة ʔarḍiyya
- flooring in Malay
- alas lantai
- flooring in Indonesian
- bahan untuk lantai
Examples of flooring in a sentence
- I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
- He brought his portable sawmill and turned the old beams into interesting flooring.
- After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.
Forms of flooring
| plural | floorings |
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Origin of flooring
From Middle English floring.
Words formed from flooring
Phrases with flooring
Words that rhyme with flooring
Questions about flooring
- What does flooring mean?
- Flooring means a floor.
- What is flooring in Hindi?
- Flooring in Hindi is फ्लोरिंग. See Flooring meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flooring?
- Flooring is a noun.
- How do you pronounce flooring?
- Flooring is pronounced /ˈflɔːrɪŋ/ (US).
- What is the plural of flooring?
- The plural of flooring is floorings.
Words near flooring in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flooring (page history and authors); flooring (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flooring (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flooring (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flooring (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flooring (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flooring (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flooring (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flooring (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flooring (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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