floorboard
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floorboard
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From floor + board.
noun floorboards · floor-board
- Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor. There was a rat that lived under our duplex. […] It went in and out through a broken floorboard in the porch, and into our kitchens, but we didn’t believe in killing it.
- The floor of a vehicle. The officers said they found two rifles in the car, one on the front floorboard of the vehicle and another on the rear floorboard.
verb floorboards · floorboarding · floorboarded · floor-board
- To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed. I floorboarded the gas pedal and cut over sharply to the right, threatening the Cadillac's fenders and its driver's life.
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noun any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor
| Español | duela |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 地板 dìbǎn |
| Português | assoalho |
| Français | planche |
| Deutsch | Diele, Dielenbrett |
| Română | scândură de dușumea |
| Русский | полови́ца polovíca, полова́я доска́ polovája doská |
Talk about this word "floorboard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/floorboard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. floorboard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/floorboard "floorboard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/floorboard.
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@misc{floorboard_2026,
title = {floorboard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/floorboard},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
