glass floor
See-through walking surface
A glass floor is a minimum threshold below which something cannot fall, the inverse of a glass ceiling.
Just as glass ceilings invisibly limit upward mobility, glass floors invisibly protect against downward decline—often describing how wealth, social status, or family connections prevent privileged individuals from experiencing true failure: Born into money, he had a glass floor that kept him from ever hitting bottom.
- transparentAllowing light through
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- vertigoSensation of spinning
- heightsVertical measurements or summits
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
high rise · observation · deck · acrophobia · don't look down · dizzying · walkway · suspended · panoramic · lookout · atrium · balcony · crystal · clear · observation tower · sky deck · bridge · terrifying
- overwater bungalow featuresthatched roof, stilts, wooden walkway, plunge pool, outdoor shower
- acrophobiaacrophobia, fear of heights, vertigo, dizziness, height
- overwater bungalowbungalow, villa, hut, stilts, deck
- future habitatsarcology, biodome, domed city, space station, lunar colony
- towerstower, bell tower, radio tower, water tower, cell tower
- viewpointsviewpoint, standpoint, perspective, point of view, outlook
glass floorconcrete floor
Solid poured building surface
stone floor · wooden floor · tiled floor · earthen floor · dirt floor
glass, floor, glasses, glassy, glassware, glasshouse, glasswork, floors, floored