"ನೆಲ ಮಹಡಿ" ಪದದ ನಿಘಂಟಿನ ಅರ್ಥವು ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಕೆಳ ಮಹಡಿಯಾಗಿದೆ, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನೆಲದ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಹತ್ತಿರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಇದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಮುಖ್ಯ ದ್ವಾರದಿಂದ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುವ ಮೊದಲ ಮಹಡಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಯುನೈಟೆಡ್ ಕಿಂಗ್ಡಮ್ನಂತಹ ಕೆಲವು ದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ನೆಲಮಹಡಿಯನ್ನು "ನೆಲ ಮಹಡಿ" ಎಂದು ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಆದರೆ ಯುನೈಟೆಡ್ ಸ್ಟೇಟ್ಸ್ನಂತಹ ಇತರರಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನು "ಮೊದಲ ಮಹಡಿ" ಎಂದು ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಬಹುದು.
1. While Tho kept our seats in the pristine ground-floor bar, I used a payphone to call Jess.
2. A three-foot railing separated it from the cliff road the windows on the ground-floor were all open, and shaded lights and the low sound of voices revealed where the occupants were finishing dinner.
3. Pressing his face to the glass, he cupped his hands to the ground-floor window, shielding the reflection and peered in.
4. Her head rolled against a supporting shoulder as they half dragged her down towards ground-floor level.
5. Joe and Jean set off together, testing each of the shutters and windows on the ground-floor windows but found them each securely fastened.
6. They decided to take matters into their own hands, barricading shut the ground-floor stairwell door with two sofas and a kitchen table hurled from the floor above.
7. Somehow they had found a way in, smashing through a ground-floor window, even though it was shuttered and padlocked.