subfloor

noun

sub·​floor ˈsəb-ˌflȯr How to pronounce subfloor (audio)
: a rough floor laid as a base for a finished floor

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About 3,000 square feet of mats and subfloor were soaked inside the gym — most of it likely unsalvageable. Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025 The photos depict various newspaper pages laid across a subfloor, some containing vintage advertisements, movie listings, and even an old cartoon strip. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025 There are also special screws that are designed to pull the flooring, subfloor and joists together tightly, and then snap off below the floor’s surface. Clark Hodgin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, roof and subfloor spaces were thoroughly vented, usually without screens, to allow for some measure of natural cooling. Richard Olsen, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subfloor

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of subfloor was in 1838

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“Subfloor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subfloor. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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