Terra cotta

1. Literally "Cooked Earth". Italian for fired or baked clay. "Terre cuite" in French. The end product of a fired sculpture. 2. The term terra cotta clay is often used for any ...

terra cotta

Garden; Gardening

An Italian term that means "baked earth". These clay pots are unglazed and excellent for growing most plant material. They do dry out quickly and salts will bleed through the ...

terra cotta

Construction; General

A ceramic material molded into masonry units.

terra cotta

Construction; Design; Architecture

A mixture of sand and baked clay commonly used to make pipe for sewage disposal systems. A mixture of sand and baked clay used to form a shingle used on certain styles of ...

abrasion resistance

Building materials; Tiles

Ability of a surface to resist being worn away by rubbing and friction.

absorption

Building materials; Tiles

The relationship of the weight of the water absorbed be a ceramic specimen subjected to prescribed immersion procedure, to the weight of the dry specimen, expressed in percent.

wood float

Building materials; Tiles

The wood float is sometimes used in place of the flat trowel for floating mortar. It is good for smoothing small irregularities left on the mortar bed, working the surface of the ...

wall tile

Building materials; Tiles

A glazed tile with a body that is suitable for interior use and which is usually non-vitreous, and is not required nor expected to withstand excessive impact.

waterproof membrane

Building materials; Tiles

A membrane, usually made of built-up roofing, to provide a positive waterproof floor over the substrate, which is to receive a tile installation using a wire reinforced mortar ...

weephole

Building materials; Tiles

Opening at the base of a shower drain to collect moisture collected above membrane and dispense it into drain.

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Nigeria

The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states with its capital city called Abuja. The country is ...