From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishground planˈground plan noun [countable] 1 AAa drawing of how a building is arranged at ground level, showing the size, position, and shape of walls, rooms etc SYN floor plan2 PLANa plan for doing something in the future documents which formed the ground plan for the welfare state
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ground plan• What is this pencil sketch that looks like a ground plan of the radio factory?• Ivy Cottage had originally had much the same ground plan as Rose Cottage.• Nearly everything else follows the ground plan of the later, and much larger, colony base station.• You need a flexible and adaptive approach in devising your ground plan for bargaining. 