Associations to the word «Floorboard»

Wiktionary

FLOORBOARD, noun. Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
FLOORBOARD, noun. The floor of a car.
FLOORBOARD, verb. To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed.

Dictionary definition

FLOORBOARD, noun. A board in the floor.
FLOORBOARD, noun. The floor of an automobile.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats