Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floorboard

/flˈɔɹbˌɔɹd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: floor-board
IPA: /flˈɔɹbˌɔɹd/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.

noun

The floor of a vehicle.

verb

To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"There was a rat that lived under our duplex. […] It went in and out through a broken floorboard in the porch, and into our kitchens, but we didn’t believe in killing it."
"The officers said they found two rifles in the car, one on the front floorboard of the vehicle and another on the rear floorboard."
"I floorboarded the gas pedal and cut over sharply to the right, threatening the Cadillac's fenders and its driver's life."

Etymology

From floor + board.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

floorboards (plural) floor-board (alternative) floorboards (present, singular) floorboarding (participle, present) floorboarded (participle, past) floorboarded (past)

Derived Forms

floorboarding

Synonyms

floor board

Rhymes With

scoreboard

Questions

How do you pronounce floorboard?: The recorded pronunciation is /flˈɔɹbˌɔɹd/.
What does floorboard mean?: Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
Where does floorboard come from?: From floor + board.

How to pronounce floorboard

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