"floorboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: floorboards [plural]
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. Categories (topical): Carpentry 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 (Maori), papatakatakahi (Maori), golvplanke [masculine] (Norwegian), gulvplanke [masculine] (Norwegian), deska podłogowa [feminine] (Polish), scândură de dușumea [feminine] (Romanian), полови́ца (polovíca) [feminine] (Russian), полова́я доска́ (polovája doská) [feminine] (Russian), golvbräda [common-gender] (Swedish), golvplanka [common-gender] (Swedish), tilja [common-gender] (Swedish), döşeme tahtası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-floorboard-en-noun-hx4BwfHE Disambiguation of Carpentry: 47 6 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 1 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 3 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 1 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 1 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 46 2 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 3 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 4 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 3 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 3 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 3 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 48 3 50 Disambiguation of 'any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor': 99 1
  2. The floor of a car.
    Sense id: en-floorboard-en-noun-jQRXRQ1a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: floor-board Derived forms: floorboarding [noun]

Verb

Forms: floorboards [present, singular, third-person], floorboarding [participle, present], floorboarded [participle, past], floorboarded [past]
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 Categories (topical): Automotive, Carpentry
    Sense id: en-floorboard-en-verb-DAZVJXbv Disambiguation of Automotive: 26 6 68 Disambiguation of Carpentry: 47 6 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 1 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 3 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 1 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 1 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 46 2 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 3 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 4 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 3 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 47 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 3 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 3 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 48 3 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: floor-board

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deska podłogowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scândură de dușumea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polovíca",
      "sense": "any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полови́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polovája doská",
      "sense": "any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полова́я доска́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "golvbräda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "golvplanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor",
      "word": "döşeme tahtası"
    }
  ],
  "word": "floorboard"
}

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      "form": "floorboards",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "floorboarding",
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      "form": "floorboarded",
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          "ref": "1953, Ross Macdonald, Gone Girl:",
          "text": "I floorboarded the gas pedal and cut over sharply to the right, threatening the Cadillac's fenders and its driver's life.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed."
      ],
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          "sink",
          "sink"
        ],
        [
          "gas pedal",
          "gas pedal"
        ],
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          "car",
          "car"
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          "bring",
          "bring"
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        "(transitive) To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "floor-board"
    }
  ],
  "word": "floorboard"
}

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