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ground floors

ground floors is the plural of ground floor.

Meaning of ground floor

Noun

ground floor (plural ground floors)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) The floor of a building closest to ground level.
    • The rite of the certification of death and placement in the coffin took place on Monday evening at 8:00 PM in the chapel on the ground floor of the late Pope's residence in the Casa Santa Marta.2025 April 21, Devin Watkins, “Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88”, in Vatican News
    Synonyms:
    first floor
  2. (figuratively, informal) The initial stage of a project.
    • We are the exclusive marketing agents for three excellent condominium developments which can get you in on the ground floor of a truly fine winter/summer resort experience.1981, Texas Monthly, volume 9, number 7, page 171

Questions about ground floors

What is ground floors the plural of?
Ground floors is the plural of ground floor.

Words near ground floors in the dictionary

  1. ground failures
  2. ground finch
  3. ground finches
  4. ground fish
  5. ground floor
  6. ground floors
  7. ground fog
  8. ground fogs
  9. ground food
  10. ground forces
  11. ground frame

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