MEANING
A board forming part of a wooden floor.
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Words that belong together
- loose floorboard
- creaking floorboard
On the page
A loose floorboard clicked beneath the carpet.
Word forms
- Base
- floorboard
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular floorboard; plural floorboards. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: common.
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