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floorway

floorway noun: an elevated section of floor over which one can walk.

Noun

floorway (plural floorways)

  1. An elevated section of floor over which one can walk.
    • […] a portion of the northern roadway of the bridge, measuring 70x30 feet, was entirely detached from its supporting cable and was only held up by the indirect support which it derived from the adjoining floorway.1901, Scientific American, volumes 84-85, page 74
    • […] a helical floorway supported on horizontal beams each having one end fixed to said skirt structure and the other end cantilevered over one of said outwardly spaced columns, said floorway extending upwardly […]1966, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Forms of floorway

pluralfloorways

Origin of floorway

From floor + way.

Questions about floorway

What does floorway mean?
Floorway means an elevated section of floor over which one can walk.
What part of speech is floorway?
Floorway is a noun.
What is the plural of floorway?
The plural of floorway is floorways.

Words near floorway in the dictionary

  1. floorwalker
  2. floorwalkers
  3. floorwalking
  4. floorward
  5. floorwards
  6. floorway
  7. floorways
  8. floorwise
  9. floorwoman
  10. floorwomen
  11. floorwork

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