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floorboard

floorboard

4 2.1
The flat area in a car where people put their feet
  • noun
  • /ˈflɔːrˌbɔrd/
translation icon : suelo del coche
  • Wilbur laughed, banged the dashboard, and tromped his feet on the floorboard.
  • feet on the floorboard
  • car's floorboard
  • creak of a floorboard

But nevertheless, I drove with my panel on the floorboards.

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Examples

  • The shotgun, now on the floorboard, had rolled to a resting place against her feet.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Her feet started beating the floorboard of the car.

  • I placed the box on the floorboard between my feet and held up the meat.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • When you drop it, leave the keys on the floorboard.

  • I wanted to crawl into the floorboard of the truck and hide.

    Blog text (33)
  • Red balloons were shifting around in the floorboard at his feet.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • A sack of kola nuts lay on the floorboard of the Range Rover.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • She had heard the sound of the big ones coming, it scared her so she rolled the windows up, locked the doors, and hid in the floorboard of the truck.

  • We couldn't afford to be caught with a car full of narcotics, so we had a backup plan in the form of a hole punched in the floorboard of our car.

  • I placed the box on the floorboard between my feet while driving.

Synonyms

floor
vsfloorboard
1.0

The flat surface at the bottom of a room, building, or natural area

is the vehicle flat section for passengers feet, not a general room surface
footwell
vsfloorboard
1 4.4

A small space under a seat where you put your feet, often in a car

is the flat area for passengers to place feet, not a recessed space
footboard
vsfloorboard
5.1

A narrow board to rest your feet on, often on trains

is the broader flat area where passengers rest their feet rather than a board

How Covered

mat
136 1.0
floorboard
4 2.1

Surface Forms

floorboard singular
floorboards plural

Morphology

floorboard = floor + board (transparent) = floor + board

A straightforward compound: the flat part of a vehicle floor where passengers place their feet, directly interpretable from its parts.

Etymology

Floorboard is also used for the flat part under people's feet in a car because that part works like a small floor and is still floor + board. So a car's floorboard is the flat surface where passengers put their feet.