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hollow tile

American  

noun

  1. tile.


Etymology

Origin of hollow tile

First recorded in 1910–15


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It is of hollow tile and stucco and cost about $100,000.

From The University of Michigan by Wilfred Shaw

A few of the best examples extant serve to indicate that houses of this sort have all the charm of the modern stucco structure built over hollow tile.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins

He jerked the Roman tunic from the body and disclosed the hollow tile stomach.

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Rea Irvin

That’s a stone man, a made-to-order concrete man, with hollow tile stomach and reinforced concrete arms and legs.

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Rea Irvin

This may be accomplished by the use of hollow tile or concrete blocks or by any other form of double wall providing air spaces between the outer and inner facings.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Harold P. (Harold Phillips) Manly

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