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quarry tiles

quarry tiles is the plural of quarry tile.

Meaning of quarry tile

Noun

quarry tile (plural quarry tiles)

  1. A very hard ceramic tile used e.g. as flooring, usually 1/2 to 3/4 inches (13 to 19 mm) in thickness, made by the extrusion process from natural clays or shales.
    • The public areas have blue quarry-tile floors, pale blue glass mosaic walls and pillars and varnished timber ceilings; [...].1960 September, M. J. Wilson, “Harlow Town station opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 542
    Synonyms:
    quarrel

Questions about quarry tiles

What is quarry tiles the plural of?
Quarry tiles is the plural of quarry tile.

Words near quarry tiles in the dictionary

  1. quarry car
  2. Quarry Hill
  3. quarry light
  4. quarry lights
  5. quarry tile
  6. quarry tiles
  7. quarry water
  8. quarry-faced
  9. quarryable
  10. quarrying
  11. quarryings

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