floorboard

noun

floor·​board ˈflȯr-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce floorboard (audio)
1
: a board in a floor
2
: the floor of an automobile

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When mopping the floors, be sure to look around for stains or buildup between the floorboards. Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025 My heart sank through the bottom of my shoes and right through the floorboards of my San Francisco apartment. Darcey Steinke, Vogue, 27 July 2025 His running shoes bounced lightly on the springy wood floorboards. Hazlitt, 16 July 2025 But the details are unique to the area: floorboards and doors made of native hardwoods; wall reliefs depicting agrarian scenes of sugarcane, water buffalo, and folkloric animals. Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for floorboard

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of floorboard was in 1881

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“Floorboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floorboard. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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