floor vs steel

floor

verb
  • To cover or furnish with a floor. 

  • To set a lower bound. 

  • To amaze or greatly surprise. 

  • To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down. 

  • To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate. 

  • To silence by a conclusive answer or retort. 

  • To finish or make an end of. 

noun
  • The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition. 

  • A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements. 

  • The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers. 

  • The lower inside surface of a hollow space. 

  • The area of a casino where gambling occurs. 

  • A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap. 

  • In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery. 

  • The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. 

  • The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge. 

  • A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. 

  • The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine. 

  • An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise 

  • A dance floor. 

  • A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories. 

  • The largest integer less than or equal to a given number. 

  • A storey/story of a building. 

  • That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 

  • Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). 

  • Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event. 

steel

verb
  • To edge, cover, or point with steel. 

  • To cause to resemble steel in appearance. 

  • To steelify; to turn iron into steel. 

  • To sharpen with a honing steel. 

  • To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against. 

  • To press with a flat iron. 

  • To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron. 

noun
  • Extreme hardness or resilience. 

  • Varieties of this metal. 

  • The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue. 

  • A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades. 

  • An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. 

  • Armor. 

  • An engraving plate 

  • Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing. 

  • A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. 

  • Projectiles. 

  • Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers. 

  • A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal. 

  • A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus. 

  • A piece used for striking sparks from flint. 

  • A flat iron. 

adj
  • Made of steel. 

  • Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely. 

  • Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel. 

  • Engraved on steel. 

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