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floorboard Definition

floor·board (flôr′bôrd′)

noun

  1. a board in a floor
  2. the floor of an automobile, etc.

floorboard Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • creak: The building is old, and the creaking floorboards badly need replacing.
  • varnish: Varnished floorboards, built in wardrobe cupboard and under eaves storage.
  • polish: It has polished wooden floorboards throughout except the kitchen which has quarry tiles.
  • expose: ENTRANCE HALL: With stairs to first floor, exposed floorboards.
  • reclaim: Topic: Reclaimed floorboards - what to do wit holes?
  • strip: Most of the property has painted or stripped wooden floorboards.

Adjective modifier

  • stripped: The property benefits from an upstairs bathroom, partial double glazing and also boasts fire place and stripped floorboards.
  • creaky: Slowly she crept across the floor trying to miss the creaky floorboards.
  • polished: The cottage has been imaginatively restored with exposed beams, washed timbers and polished floorboards.
  • bare: They stood in the middle of the bare floorboards, sipping coffee from chunky pottery mugs.
  • exposed: DINING ROOM 16'9 x 8'3 With exposed wooden floorboards, window to the rear, exposed beam to the ceiling and central heating radiator.
  • wooden: Most of the property has painted or stripped wooden floorboards.

Modifies a noun

  • nail: Sink all the floorboard nails below the surface with a punch.

Noun used with modifier

  • pine: A slab foundation would normally be used where a solid floor is required instead of pine floorboards.
  • oak: Some rooms have wide oak floorboards splashed with emulsion paint.
  • wood: On the ground floor the heating pipes are set into screed under the solid wood floorboards.
  • timber: The ground floor has exposed timber floorboards throughout whilst stairs and first floor are fully carpeted.
  • passenger: The Deluxe Touring Package includes a high windshield, lower deflectors, saddlebags, passenger floorboards and a passenger backrest.

Preposition: in

  • room: He could hear the city breathe, a breathing composed of the flexing of the floorboards in every room, all occupied.

Preposition: with

  • rug: Painted beam ceiling, wide polished floorboards with rugs and fireplace with gas fire.