"floorboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: floorboards [plural], floor-board [alternative]
Etymology: From floor + board. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|floor|board}} floor + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} floorboard (plural floorboards)
  1. Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor. Translations (any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor): gulvbræt [neuter] (Danish), lattialauta (Finnish), planche [feminine] (French), Dielenbrett [neuter] (German), padlódeszka (Hungarian), papatakahi (Māori), papatakatakahi (Māori), golvplanke [masculine] (Norwegian), gulvplanke [masculine] (Norwegian), دوشهمه تختهسی (döşeme tahtası) (Ottoman Turkish), deska podłogowa [feminine] (Polish), assoalho [masculine] (Portuguese), scândură de dușumea [feminine] (Romanian), полови́ца (polovíca) [feminine] (Russian), полова́я доска́ (polovája doská) [feminine] (Russian), duela [feminine] (Spanish), golvbräda [common-gender] (Swedish), golvplanka [common-gender] (Swedish), tilja [common-gender] (Swedish), döşeme tahtası (Turkish), підло́гова до́шка (pidlóhova dóška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), мости́на (mostýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pahsikaxkw (Unami)
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  2. (automotive) The floor of a vehicle.
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Derived forms: floorboarding [noun]

Verb

Forms: floorboards [present, singular, third-person], floorboarding [participle, present], floorboarded [participle, past], floorboarded [past], floor-board [alternative]
Etymology: From floor + board. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|floor|board}} floor + board Head templates: {{en-verb}} floorboard (third-person singular simple present floorboards, present participle floorboarding, simple past and past participle floorboarded)
  1. (transitive) To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed. Tags: transitive Translations (to bring the car to the highest possible speed): köklemek (Turkish)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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