ground level

Questions about ground level

What does ground level mean?

ground level means "the height of the ground on which something stands". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for ground level?

Close synonyms include grade, ground floor, first floor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ground level a common word?

ground level is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.