floor covering

Floor may refer to one of the following:
In buildings:

• Floor, the lower surface of a room; and the supportive subfloor, the layer which structurally provides the strength and support for the flooring above commonly miscalled 'the floor'.
• Storey, a level of a building
• Flooring, a type of floor covering for example wood flooring, tile flooring, vinyl flooring
• Floor (gymnastics), a specially prepared exercise surface
• Dance floor or Sprung floor for dancing

Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface. Both terms are used interchangeably but floor covering refers more to loose-laid materials.