linoleum

[ li-noh-lee-uhm ]

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.

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 tolino

Word History and Origins

Origin of linoleum¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of linoleum¹

C19: from Latin līnum flax + oleum oil

Example Sentences

We hear President Brown’s heels attacking the linoleum before we see her emerge from the shadows.

From The Daily Beast

Vinyl tile, linoleum and other hard surfaces can be scrubbed with a solution of no more than one cup of chlorine bleach to one gallon of water.

From Washington Post

Sliders are small, portable, and work well on a number of surfaces, including wood, carpet, and linoleum, making them an easy addition to your at-home gym or travel workout kit.

From Outside Online

Tile floors, linoleum, and vinyl can benefit from a swipe of the natural disinfectant, but you should not use vinegar on hardwood or stone floors—it’s too harsh and can cause damage.

From Popular-Science

First, double-check that your floors are sealed, and that goes for other materials, too, like linoleum, granite, and marble.

From Popular-Science

On the inside is the usual mix of off-white, flecked linoleum tiles and segmented ceiling panels, dull and dimly lit.

From The Daily Beast

Painted arrows on the linoleum floor direct you where to stand in line.

From The Daily Beast

In being gutted by a linoleum knife, that dark image that Hannibal had instilled in him had been freed.

From The Daily Beast

Her door is the one at the far end of a linoleum hall, nearest the street.

From The Daily Beast

He would slap me, hard, one time knocking me to the linoleum floor.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

When the linoleum backing is finished at the calender, both cloth and centre are forwarded direct to the linoleum works.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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