linoleum

[ li-noh-lee-uhm ]
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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 of linoleum

1
1863; <Latin līn(um) flax, linen + oleum oil; formerly trademark

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How to use linoleum in a sentence

  • Out upon the linoleum 29 rolled the glistening coinsseveral of them gold piecesthat Jess had noted so greedily in the egg store.

  • The floor should be either of hard wood treated with "dustless oil" or of cork linoleum.

  • Among these black-jacketed waiters, armed with long mops, were scrubbing the linoleum-covered floor.

    To Him That Hath | Leroy Scott
  • When the linoleum backing is finished at the calender, both cloth and centre are forwarded direct to the linoleum works.

  • Ted stared at her for a moment, and then began tracing what remained of the pattern in the linoleum with his walking stick.

    The Making of a Prig | Evelyn Sharp

British Dictionary definitions for linoleum

linoleum

/ (lɪˈnəʊlɪəm) /


noun
  1. 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: Often shortened to: lino

Origin of linoleum

1
C19: from Latin līnum flax + oleum oil

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