floorboard
noun /ˈflɔːbɔːd/
  /ˈflɔːrbɔːrd/
- a long flat piece of wood in a wooden floor
enlarge image- bare/polished floorboards
 - The money was hidden under the floorboards.
 
Extra Examples- She could hear voices through the gaps in the floorboards.
 - The wooden floorboards creaked as he walked down the corridor.
 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wooden
 - bare
 - polished
 - …
 
- lift
 - lift up
 
- creak
 
- beneath the floorboards
 - under the floorboards
 - underneath the floorboards
 - …
 
- a gap between the floorboards
 - a gap in the floorboards
 
 - [usually singular] (North American English) (also floor British and North American English)the bottom surface of a vehicle
- a car floorboard
 - He had his foot to the floorboard (= was going very fast).
 
 
