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

Recent Examples on the Web Federal agents also seized heroin from the floorboard of the car where Bostic was sitting, and a Glock 19 with 15 live rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2024 Instead, the Athletes' Village will be cooled by a system of water pipes running beneath the floorboards. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 June 2024 More likely, someone will trip over a warped floorboard or fall through one that’s rotted out. Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024 The Lafayette homestead has blood in the floorboards, in the lake, in the trees. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for floorboard 

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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 3 Jul. 2024.

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