Floorboard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Floorboard is a noun meaning Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
Meaning
Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
More Meanings
- (automotive) The floor of a vehicle.
- (transitive) To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed.
Example Sentences
I floorboarded the gas pedal and cut over sharply to the right, threatening the Cadillac's fenders and its driver's life.
The officers said they found two rifles in the car, one on the front floorboard of the vehicle and another on the rear floorboard.
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.
Word Forms
- floorboards
- floor-board
- floorboarding
- floorboarded
Synonyms for floorboard
Depending on context, synonyms include floor board.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include floor board, floor, trolleybus, joist, planching, floorer.
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