linoleum
pronunciation
How to pronounce linoleum in British English:
UK [lɪˈnəʊliəm]
How to pronounce linoleum in American English:
US [lɪˈnoʊliəm]
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- Noun:
- a floor covering
Word Origin
- linoleum
- linoleum: see linen
- linoleum (n.)
- 1860, coined by English inventor Frederick Walton (1837-1928), from Latin linum "flax, linen" (see linen) + oleum "oil" (see oil (n.)). Originally, a preparation of solidified linseed oil used to coat canvas for making floor coverings; the word was applied to the flooring material itself after 1878. The Linoleum Manufacturing Company was formed 1864.
Example
- 1. Chalk marks began to appear on the brown linoleum .
- 2. I could whisper " linoleum " and you 'd be good to go .
- 3. The floor is linoleum , you sit at stools and wing wah is not entirely clean , but at least the menu is in both english and chinese .