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Collocations for floor - noun

1. lower surface of a room

ADJECTIVE

bare, cold, hard
I can't sleep on the bare floor!
dirty, dusty
wet
clean, polished, smooth
cement, concrete, stone
dirt (esp. AmE)
hardwood, parquet, wood, wooden
carpeted, linoleum, marble, tiled
bathroom, kitchen, etc.
raised
dance

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VERB + floor

clean, mop, polish, scrub, sweep, wash, wax, wipe
drop to, fall to
His glass fell to the floor and broke.
hit
reach, touch
pace, walk
cover, litter

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floor + NOUN

covering, mat, tile
lamp (esp. AmE)
space
exercises
plan

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PREPOSITION

on the floor
Do you mind sitting on the floor?

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PHRASES

from floor to ceiling
Bookcases lined the walls from floor to ceiling.

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2. bottom of the sea, a forest, etc.

ADJECTIVE

canyon, cave, desert, forest, ocean, sea, valley

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3. level in a building

ADJECTIVE

bottom, first (= at entrance level), ground (BrE)
top
first, second, third, etc. (In BrE, the first floor is the floor above the entrance level. This is called the second floor in AmE.)
mezzanine
lower, upper

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VERB + floor

occupy
The offices occupy the top floor of the building.

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PREPOSITION

on the floor
a cafe on the mezzanine floor

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Collocations for floor - verb

Floor is used with these nouns as the object:
accelerator, pedal

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