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 was a dump, with paint chipping from the ceilings, floors slanted at strange angles, rodent droppings situated along the floorboards, and paper-thin walls that welcomed in bitter winter air. Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 Less than 18 months after debuting its new space in Bay View, EsterEv had to completely rebuild its dining room and bar from the floorboards up. Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025 Chris Oddy, the production designer, meticulously recreated the hut on the stage down to matching floorboards with similar blemishes in similar places to have this seamless match. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025 Sure enough, there’s a white plastic bowl with a lid there on the back seat floorboard. Laura Lane, USA Today, 27 Sep. 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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