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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Sure enough, there’s a white plastic bowl with a lid there on the back seat floorboard. Laura Lane, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025 Also confirm where joists or subfloors exist before attempting to nail down your floorboards—some older homes have very little of either. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025 Lots of fly-by-night import shops sprang up, happy to rubber-stamp any Mercedes with a catalytic converter haphazardly welded under the floorboards. Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025 The Story Behind the Stain When the property needed an overhaul between tenants, Snyder pulled up the carpet, and underneath was the outline of a human hand, permanently on the floorboard. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 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 1 Oct. 2025.

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