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noun ADJ. wooden | bare | polished | loose | creaking, squeaky VERB + FLOORBOARD lay The builders are still laying the floorboards. | lift (up) Lift some loose floorboards to get at the pipes. FLOORBOARD + VERB creak The wooden floorboards creaked as he walked down the corridor. PREP. beneath/under/underneath the ~ They said that he kept his money under the floorboards. PHRASES a gap between/in the floorboards She could hear voices through the gaps in the floorboards.
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