ground floors
Building entry levels
Ground floors are the levels of buildings at street level, where you enter from outside.
In American English, this is typically called the first floor, while British usage reserves "first floor" for one level up.
The phrase appears in get in on the ground floor, meaning to join an enterprise at its earliest stage, when the potential for profit or influence is greatest.
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- entrancePoint of access
- beginningsInitial stages of something
- storeyBuilding's horizontal division
threshold · entry point · level · flats · shopfront · base · concrete slab · groundwork · preliminaries · footprint · reception · street level · substructure · hallway · slab · entryway · garage · foundation
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
ground floorsupper floors
penthouses · rooftops · attics · basements · cellars
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