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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And so there were all these cracks between the floorboards and the wall boards. Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025 Mold is visible throughout the house, which is paved with broken floorboards and carpeted areas covered in dirt and trash. Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025 Old floorboards serve as a worktop, while a colorful collection of photos, drawings, and sketches hangs on the wall. Fiona Bornhöft, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025 The air was thick with steam, rolling in waves from a pile of white-hot stones below the wooden floorboards. Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 12 Mar. 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 8 Apr. 2025.

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