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| The thing a dead body is usually on. that and it could be pined to a wall. | |||
| ''This article is about the floor of a room or building. In mathematics, see ].'' | |||
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| In ], a '''floor''' is generally the lower horizontal surface of a ], but specially employed for one covered with ] or ] (see also ]). | |||
| The various levels of rooms in a ] are also called floors or '''storeys''', as "]", "first storey", "mezzanine floor", etc. | |||
| A confusion arises between ] and ]: | |||
| In British English the floor at the ground level is the ''ground floor'', and the floor above is the ''first floor'', whereas in American English, the floor at the ground level is the ''first floor'' and the floor above is the ''second floor''. | |||
| However in either country, the ''first storey'' is the floor at ground level. | |||
| The ''principal floor'' is the storey which contains the chief apartments whether on the ground floor or the floor above; in ] they are always on the latter and known as the ''piano nobile''. | |||
| The storey below the ground floor is called the ''] floor'', even if only a little below the level of the ] outside; the story in a ] is known as the ''] floor''. | |||
| The expressions ''one pair'', ''two pair'', etc., apply to the storeys above the first flight of stairs from the ground (see also ]). | |||
| Floors in buildings are often renamed or renumbered depending on the ]s of the local population. | |||
| In much of the European world, for example, the number 13 is considered unlucky (]), so the floor is renumbered to 12A or 12B, or even directly to 14. | |||
| In ] culture, 4 is considered unlucky, so 4 would be renamed 3A or 3B, and further up the building, the floors would be numbered 12, 13, 13A, 15. | |||
| Interestingly, this results in two floors numbered 13, whereas Europeans would prefer none! | |||
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The thing a dead body is usually on. that and it could be pined to a wall.