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# floorboard

«floorboard» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the long flat pieces of wood that make a wooden floor** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a floorboard, floorboards)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «floorboard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floorboard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.