Flooring

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

Resources and Citations

• 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." Accessed 7 Sept. 2004 .

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000