subfloor

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ floor

Noun

subfloor (plural subfloors)

1. (construction) The floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring or other finishing surface such as a carpet
   • 2007 May 6, Tracie Rozhon, “The Good Bones Were Still There, Hidden Under the Additions”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The original floor was still there: wide boards, laid tongue-in-groove, not the inferior subfloor they had predicted.

Translations

The floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring

• Greek: ψευδοπάτωμα (el) n (psevdopátoma)
• Italian: pavimentazione (it) f