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

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

Two days later, investigators arrived at Kosowski’s home with a search warrant and found the Tundra in the garage with blood in the truck bed, on the driver’s side headrest, on the driver’s side floorboard and on the garage floor. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Her purse and a pack of Marlboro Lights sat on the floorboard of her car. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 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