ground floor
noun
plural ground floors
1
: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : first floor sense 1
2
: a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants
—used especially in the phrase in on the ground floor
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The Rococo apartment, like one other mostly segregated gallery on the museum’s ground floor, focuses on work by Black artists.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 26 July 2024
What To Know The Top Hat, which according to reports will be located at 215 S. Tennessee Ave., is expected to feature six guest rooms, as well as 1,400 square feet of commercial space on its ground floor.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Over on the opposite side of the tiny house's ground floor to the bathroom is its master bedroom.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
The lower and ground floors feature the best of Justerini & Brooks’ whisky offerings including Diageo’s Prima and Ultima single malts collection.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 26 July 2024
What To Know The Top Hat, which according to reports will be located at 215 S. Tennessee Ave., is expected to feature six guest rooms, as well as 1,400 square feet of commercial space on its ground floor.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Over on the opposite side of the tiny house's ground floor to the bathroom is its master bedroom.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
The lower and ground floors feature the best of Justerini & Brooks’ whisky offerings including Diageo’s Prima and Ultima single malts collection.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Ground floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20floor. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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