Ground floor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building
    ground level; first floor.
  2. noun becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage)
    • he got in on the ground floor

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Definitions
  1. the floor of a house most nearly on a level with the ground; called also in America, but not in England, the first floor.

Webster 1913