lino
Americannoun
PLURAL
linosnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of lino
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Pia splits her week between her part-time beauty therapy job, caring for her grandchildren, and collecting and redistributing large quantities of carpet and lino.
From BBC
I think it's fair to say the right-back had some choice words for the lino.
From BBC
Research by The Leeds Sustainability Institute states that carpets can reduce air leakage by up to a third in some homes, making homes without carpet, lino, or laminate more expensive and difficult to heat.
From BBC
In the lino cut process, material removal from the plate paradoxically adds to the visual image when it is printed.
From Los Angeles Times
He told the court: "In many rooms, the walls were cracked and in the kitchen the lino was rising so you had to walk carefully to avoid tripping on it."
From BBC
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