"subfloor" meaning in All languages combined

See subfloor on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: subfloors [plural]
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  1. (construction) The floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring or other finishing surface such as a carpet Translations (The floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring): ψευδοπάτωμα (psevdopátoma) [neuter] (Greek), pavimentazione [feminine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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