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linoleum

noun
🔊/lɪˈnəʊliəm/
🔊/lɪˈnəʊliəm/
(also British English, informal lino)
[uncountable]
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  1. a type of strong material with a hard shiny surface, used for covering floors油地毡Topics Houses and homesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLinoleum is used before these nouns:
    • floor
    • tile
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin linum ‘flax’ + oleum ‘oil’.