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ground floor

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ground floor (plural ground floors)

  1. The floor of a building closest to ground level.
    Synonym: (US) first floor
    • 2025 April 21, Devin Watkins, “Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88”, in Vatican News[1]:
      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.
  2. (informal) The initial stage of a project.
    • 1981, Texas Monthly, volume 9, number 7, page 171:
      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.

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