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# floorboard

noun (a floorboard, floorboards)

«floorboard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A floorboard is one of the long flat pieces of wood that make a wooden floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories creaking floorboards give away someone sneaking around, and treasure or secrets are hidden under loose floorboards; in everyday life old houses have wooden floorboards. Phrases: «creaking floorboards», «a loose floorboard», «under the floorboards».

### Examples

- The floorboards creaked as he crept upstairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/#x1)
- They found an old letter under a loose floorboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/#x2)
- A mouse lived under the floorboards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/#x3)
- Dad painted the floorboards white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/#x4)
- Mind the loose floorboard by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/#x5)
- We heard footsteps on the floorboards above. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/#x6)
- The floorboards were polished and shiny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/#x7)

### Note

Countable, one word. Safety: a loose floorboard can trip you; tell an adult.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «floorboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«floorboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/floorboard.html) on Mova free.