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carpet tiles

British  

plural noun

  1. small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor

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The carpet tiles on the wall contributed to the spread of the fire.

From BBC

Greenstream Flooring in Porth give away re-used carpet tiles to people in need who have been referred.

From BBC

“We’ll see companies demonstrating how inorganic materials like nylon, plastic and metal can be reused – for example, carpet tiles that can be dismantled at the end of their life and used as a raw material for new tiles,” says Olaf Schmidt, Heimtextil’s vice president of textiles and textile technology.

From Seattle Times

Think peel-and-stick carpet tiles, vinyl plank flooring and vinyl sheet flooring.

From Washington Post

While Interface’s carpet tiles are carbon negative as a result of myriad small improvements, some carbontech products rely on a singular idea, or a large technological leap, to reformulate old products.

From New York Times