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单词 quarry tile
释义

quarry tilen.

Brit. /ˈkwɒrɪ ˌtʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈkwɔri ˌtaɪl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarry n.3, tile n.1
Etymology: < quarry n.3 + tile n.1
A square, usually unglazed, floor tile.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > other types of tiles
semi-tilea1525
quarrel1601
head1703
travers tile1703
astragal1725
fire tile1798
sole1843
field tile1856
fish-scale tile1881
quarry tile1908
hollow tile1914
tile-and-a-half tile1940
1908 Times 21 Mar. 9/5 The old five shoots ‘up the range’ will be replaced by..attack practice from 500 to 200 yards against red quarry tiles.
1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 568/2 (advt.) This beautiful floor..can be carried out with..quarry tiles or with faience.
1953 Archit. Rev. 113 398 The floor finishes downstairs..are quarry-tiles and plastic-bonded chipboard.
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard 258 He rapped his knuckles against the brown quarry-tiles in frustration.
2006 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 15 Sept. 39 There are also wide oak floorboards, quarry tiles and a number of original oak doors.

Derivatives

ˈquarry-tiled adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [adjective] > consisting of or covered with > of specific type
pantiledc1672
weather-tiled1887
quarry-tiled1914
1914 J. D. Sawyer How to make Country Place v. 205 Cement steps, protected by stone balustrade to red quarry-tiled landings.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 22 Mar. 66/3 The covered bullock yard at Drayton has..a flat quarry-tiled feeding floor edged with a 6 in kerb for silage.
2003 Lancs. Life Mar. 23/3 Ultra-smart quarry-tiled kitchens are superbly equipped with gas ranges, dishwashers, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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