linoleum

American  

[li-noh-lee-uhm] / lɪˈnoʊ li əm /

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.

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linoleum British  

/ lɪˈnəʊlɪəm /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of linoleum

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

Example Sentences

We got some nice new linoleum on the floor.’”

From The Wall Street Journal

He slipped and slid when he landed, his nails scraping across the linoleum floor.

From Literature

“After so many disappointments over the years, it’s hard to believe that anything’s going to go right,” Sullivan said, later admitting that “I was convinced they were cuffed face-down on the linoleum somewhere.”

From Los Angeles Times

The ground beneath me turns into smooth linoleum, rather than the grainy sand outside.

From Literature

So much so that covering the kitchen tile with blue and red checkerboard linoleum was one of their first dates in 2022, two years before Zaletel, 32, moved in.

From Los Angeles Times

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