Flooring
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Description
Any thin, flat piece of material used to cover floors. Several types of materials have been used for flooring. Examples are: ceramic tile, brick, concrete, terrazzo, slate, marble, limestone, granite, wood, carpet, asphalt tile, asbestos tile, cork tile, linoleum, Congoleum®, rubber tile, and vinyl tile.
Synonyms and Related Terms
floors; floor covering; finish flooring; planching
Authority
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Interior Design." Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 Sept. 2004 .
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000