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flooring spacer

flooring spacer noun: a small plastic or wood wedge inserted between walls and the edge of flooring planks (laminate, vinyl, or wood) to maintain a consistent 1/4-inch to 3/8-inch expansion gap; these tools allow the floor to expand and contract with temperature changes without buckling and keep the flooring in place during installation to prevent shifting.

Noun

flooring spacer (plural flooring spacers)

  1. A small plastic or wood wedge inserted between walls and the edge of flooring planks (laminate, vinyl, or wood) to maintain a consistent 1/4-inch to 3/8-inch expansion gap; these tools allow the floor to expand and contract with temperature changes without buckling and keep the flooring in place during installation to prevent shifting.

Forms of flooring spacer

pluralflooring spacers

Questions about flooring spacer

What does flooring spacer mean?
Flooring spacer means a small plastic or wood wedge inserted between walls and the edge of flooring planks (laminate, vinyl, or wood) to maintain a consistent 1/4-inch to 3/8-inch expansion gap; these tools allow the floor to expand and contract with temperature changes without buckling and keep the flooring in place during installation to prevent shifting.
What part of speech is flooring spacer?
Flooring spacer is a noun.
What is the plural of flooring spacer?
The plural of flooring spacer is flooring spacers.

Words near flooring spacer in the dictionary

  1. floorheads
  2. flooring
  3. flooring it
  4. flooring nailer
  5. flooring nailers
  6. flooring spacer
  7. flooringly
  8. floorings
  9. floorladies
  10. floorlady
  11. floorlength

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