second floor
noun
1
US
: the floor just above the lowest floor
2
British
: the floor that is two floors above the ground floor level
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What begins as a simple heist spirals into a nightmarish ordeal after one sister throws out her back and becomes immobilized on the second floor.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 May 2026
The man stayed on the second floor, trying to locate a cat.
—Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Djena got her backpack and climbed out through the bathroom window, on the second floor.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
When word of a decision broke, the crowd rushed up the marble steps to the second floor.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 May 2026
The man stayed on the second floor, trying to locate a cat.
—Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Djena got her backpack and climbed out through the bathroom window, on the second floor.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
When word of a decision broke, the crowd rushed up the marble steps to the second floor.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for second floor
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“Second floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20floor. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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