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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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Examples of linoleum in a Sentence
The only thing the derelict linoleum factory is good for is weeds.
At West New Brighton is a large dyeing establishment, there are also ship-building yards, oyster fisheries, and truck farms, and among the maufactures are linoleum, paper, white lead, linseed oil, brick, and fire-clay products.
Indeed, this and the kindred linoleum business (also due to Nairn, who in 1877 built the first linoleum factory in Scotland) were for many years the monopoly of Kirkcaldy.
On the floor, the couple chose black and white chequerboard linoleum, which is reflected in the gleaming stainless steel kickboards.
Besides the manufacture of sheeting, towelling, ticks, dowlas and sail-cloth, the principal industries include flax-spinning, net-making, bleaching, dyeing, tanning, brewing, brass and iron founding, and there are potteries, flour-mills, engineering works, fisheries, and factories for the making of oil-cloth and linoleum.
It is a shipping point; the Standard Oil Company has a large refinery here, and among its manufactures are asphaltum for street paving, linoleum and men's garments.
I always use cork linoleum, because it is so soft and much easier to work with than conventional linoleum.
It has a Protestant and a Roman Catholic church, and is the seat of considerable industries; notably wool-combing, weaving, jute-spinning and the manufacture of linoleum.
Bare yellow benches framed an empty square of brown linoleum.
She began to scratch frantically, parting the litter this way and that, bits of white flying like snow onto the hall linoleum.
Department stores make great use of the difference between carpet and linoleum to subtly steer customers around and hold them in certain places.
Kelly and Tom had a bland, out of style kitchen, complete with pink (!!) countertops and cracked linoleum.
If you are installing self-stick floor tiles over a textured linoleum or vinyl floor, be sure to fill in the seams.
Laminate flooring, also called linoleum, was available in large sheets before that time.
Steam mops have their place cleaning linoleum, tile, and faux-wood finished floors.
Mold growing on tile or hard surfaces, such as concrete or linoleum basement floors, can be spot treated.
If you have wood floors, in your home, or linoleum floors in your kitchen, you can create a slide board.
The T1000 can change form; he can look like linoleum, or your best friend.
Among the city's manufactures are canned fruits and vegetables, condiments, glass-ware, brass and iron-work, hosiery, linoleum and oil-cloth.
Oil paints can be used on wooden panels, pressed word, cardboard, or linoleum, but most artists prefer to paint on canvas.
Completing necessary minor repairs, such as broken screens, ripped linoleum, or chipped baseboards that can detract from the home's appearance.
This type of tile can be laid over any smooth, solid and undamaged floor surface including concrete, vinyl, plywood and linoleum flooring.
Oil paints are traditionally applied to linen canvases, but they are sometimes used on wooden panels, pressed word, cardboard, or linoleum for a more modern look.