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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Officers found a handgun with an extended magazine under the front passenger seat and a bullet casing on the driver’s side floorboard. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 10 June 2025 Children would be placed on the floorboards to maximize space and profits, the indictment says. Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 7 June 2025 Attempting to rid herself of the figurative monster sabotaging her life, the woman unleashes a real ancestral monster under the floorboards of her home. John Hopewell, Variety, 14 May 2025 The building’s units suffer from severe dampness and moisture accumulation, including under floorboards. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 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 2 Jul. 2025.

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