floorboard

noun

floor·​board ˈflȯr-ˌbȯrd 

1

: a board in a floor

2

: the floor of an automobile

Examples of floorboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There were thousands of empty houses in London and the councils actually employed gangs to come in and smash up these lovely Victorian houses, remove floorboards, rip out wiring [and] destroy the plumbing so squatters couldn’t live in them. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026

As the happy new couple prepares to leave the lake house for good, Lowen finds letters from Verity to Jeremy that were hidden under Crew’s floorboards. — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2026

Other victims testified that they were confined in a windowless room under the floorboards of Said's office. — Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

Other victims testified that they were confined in a windowless room under the floorboards of Said’s office. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for floorboard

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword