dirt floor

Unfinished cabin base

A dirt floor is a floor made of packed earth rather than wood, concrete, tile, or other finished materials.

Once common in humble dwellings, barns, and cellars, dirt floors now signal extreme poverty or rustic simplicity: The cabin had a dirt floor and no running water.

A dirt-floor poor upbringing suggests hardscrabble origins.

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dusty · swept · root cellar · cellar · cabin · hut · poverty · rustic · tamped · adobe · basement · straw · primitive · old country · cottage · hardpan · broom · footprints

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Opposites
flooring material/construction

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Solid lumber ground covering

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socioeconomic indication

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Polished stone ground covering

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G