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Linoleum

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linonoun(Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, informal) Clipping of linoleum. [An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.]

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linonoun(Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, informal) Clipping of linoleum. [An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.]
floorclothnounMaterial used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth.
oilclothnounA fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.
vinolaynounA vinyl floor covering.
lincrustanounA wallcovering made from a paste of gelled linseed oil and woodflour spread on heavy canvas and embossed with a pattern.
linoblocknoun(printing, often attributive) A linoleum block used in block printing.
linocutnoun(art, printing) A type of woodcut in which a block of linoleum is used for the relief surface; the design cut into the block.
vegetable leathernounA type of synthetic leather made of cotton waste.
laminate flooringnounMulti-layer synthetic flooring product fused together with a lamination process and simulating wood.
drop clothnounA highly impermeable sheet of material meant to catch paint and similar substances to prevent floor stains.
laminexnoun(Australia) A hard plastic laminate, used especially as a surfacing material.
laminationnounThe process of laminating, joining together thin layers.
oilpapernounA translucent, waterproof paper made by soaking in oil.
oil paintnounA paint in which the colours or pigments are suspended in an oil-based carrier such as linseed oil which hardens on exposure to the air.
pond linernouna large sheet, generally of tough flexible polythene, used to line the bottom and sloping sides of an artificial pond.
dropclothnounA large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
leatherettenoun(countable, uncountable, also attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.
laminatenounMaterial formed of thin sheets glued together.
cling filmnoun(British, rarely Philippines) A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc.
lace papernounpaper with an openwork design in imitation of lace

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