floorboard

noun

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

Examples of floorboard in a Sentence

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The place is bordering on derelict, with overgrown weeds protruding through the floorboards and largely abandoned. Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 July 2025 The floorboards spoke of time gone by,Beneath the years that hurried by. Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025 According to investigators, a firearm was later recovered from the floorboard of Gonzales’ car. Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 But the Swan home still needed some TLC, so Dean balanced his full-time job with refurbishing the house: hammering floorboard nails, patching leaky faucets, and fixing leaky water heaters. Ani Freedman, Fortune, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for floorboard

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 15 Jul. 2025.

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