floor plan

noun

1
: a scale diagram of a room or suite of rooms viewed from above and used especially for planning effective use and arrangement of furnishings
looking at the builder's floor plan
2
: the layout of a room or a suite of rooms
On the ground floor, design architects removed some walls to create an open floor plan with lots of light …—Colleen O'Connor
a house with an unusual floor plan

Examples of floor plan in a Sentence

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The floor plan tucks restrooms between the double-height entry and multipurpose room and uses the upper-level space above the toilets to smartly shield rooftop mechanical equipment from view. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The approach treats the yard the way a floor plan treats a house. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 By increasing its floor plan and doubling its capacity for the talks program, FOG will also now be able to accommodate more visitors. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 YieldStar surveyed all leases for a particular floor plan and generated a pricing chart that included both a minimum and maximum rent based on the available data. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for floor plan

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of floor plan was in 1831

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“Floor plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20plan. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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