SECOND FLOOR Definition & Meaning

second floor

the floor or story above the ground floor.
(in Britain and elsewhere outside the U.S.) the second story completely above ground level.

second floor

US and Canadian term: third floor.��the storey of a building immediately above the first and two floors up from the ground
British equivalent: first floor.��the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floor

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First recorded in 1815–25

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Irvine Welsh is pointing up to the second floor of a grey stone building in Leith, the port district of Edinburgh.

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Still, making it to the second floor of a parking garage venue for the show was a precarious mission.

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The hot air can otherwise get trapped on the second floor, where you may be trying to sleep.

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He ran down the street and found smoke coming out of the second floor of a six-story building, with people shouting on the street.

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It has one of the best children’s book sections in Los Angeles — it takes up half of their second floor.

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