Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floorer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: floor-er
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who floors, lays flooring.

noun

In skittles, the act of knocking down all of the skittles in one throw.

British usage

noun

A knock-down blow.

Informal

noun

A decisive retort.

Informal

noun

A question that one cannot easily answer; a poser.

Informal

noun

A building with the specified number of floors.

Example Sentences

"You enter a skyscraper in an American city. The “theater” is a ten-floorer, the floors occupied by the theater running consecutively upward from ground. […] There are 10 auditoriums, one above the other in this 10-floorer, and in each auditorium the show is the same."

Etymology

From floor + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: floor
Suffix: -er

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

floorers (plural)

Questions

What does floorer mean?: Someone who floors, lays flooring.
Where does floorer come from?: From floor + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix).

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