linoleum
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li noun
1.
a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns.
2.
any floor covering similar to this.
Origin:
1863; < Latin līn(um) flax, linen + oleum oil; formerly trademark
1863; < Latin līn(um) flax, linen + oleum oil; formerly trademark
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| —n | |
| Often shortened to: lino a sheet material made of hessian, jute, etc, coated under pressure and heat with a mixture of powdered cork, linseed oil, rosin, and pigment, used as a floor covering | |
| [C19: from Latin līnum flax + oleum oil] | |
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Word Origin & History
linoleum
1860, coined by Eng. inventor Frederick Walton from L. linum "flax, linen" + oleum "oil." Originally, a preparation of solidified linseed oil used to coat canvas for making floor coverings; the word was applied to the flooring material itself after 1878. The Linoleum Manufacturing Company was formed
1864.
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Example sentences
The range of media, from computer illustrations to linoleum prints, is so broad that oil paintings seem positively quaint.
Another added attraction is the kitchen table with its peeling linoleum top that served as her studio.
It's as if a giant bowl of mixed nuts had dropped off a kitchen counter onto white linoleum.
Most people eat standing up at plain white linoleum counters in a squat, industrial-style brick building.
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