Definitions

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  • noun construction The floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring or other finishing surface such as a carpet

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ floor

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Examples

  • What you refer to as the subfloor is more accurately called the underlayment.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • What you refer to as the subfloor is more accurately called the underlayment.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • The particleboard underlayment is nailed to the subfloor, which is made up of beefier material, often plywood.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • If you're interested in adding to your new vocabulary, the plywood fastened down to the floor joists is the "subfloor," and the wide boards above where the windows are going are the "headers."

    Friday Night Photos: House Renovations v.2.0.8 (A floor and walls framed!) Kalyn Denny 2009

  • Up until then I had used the traditional firme subfloor which was a non-reinforced concrete pad poured between the footings.

    Cinder block vs brick 2009

  • Up until then I had used the traditional firme subfloor which was a non-reinforced concrete pad poured between the footings.

    Cinder block vs brick 2009

  • Up until then I had used the traditional firme subfloor which was a non-reinforced concrete pad poured between the footings.

    Cinder block vs brick 2009

  • The plywood subfloor was covered with wood shavings and powdery dust, the scent intoxicating and familiar.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • Up until then I had used the traditional firme subfloor which was a non-reinforced concrete pad poured between the footings.

    Cinder block vs brick 2009

  • Up until then I had used the traditional firme subfloor which was a non-reinforced concrete pad poured between the footings.

    Cinder block vs brick 2009

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