ground floor meaning: definition, quotations

ground-floor

adjalso spelled ground-floor

Situated on the ground floor.

noun

Australia, New Zealand, UK The floor of a building closest to ground level.

The rite of the certification of death and placement in the coffin took place on Monday evening at 8:00 PM in the chapel on the ground floor of the late Pope's residence in the Casa Santa Marta.2025 April 21, Devin Watkins, “Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88”, in Vatican News:

Idiomatic, Informal The initial stage of a project.

We are the exclusive marketing agents for three excellent condominium developments which can get you in on the ground floor of a truly fine winter/summer resort experience.1981, Texas Monthly, volume 9, number 7, page 171: