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Tiles

Any of various thin slabs or bent pieces of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or wall.

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Tiles

Encaustic

Building materials; Tiles

Tile decorated with coloured clays inlaid and fired. Also coloured tile laid in a wall or floor to form a pattern.

Dry spots

Building materials; Tiles

Small areas on the face of tile which have been insufficiently glazed.

Dutchman

Building materials; Tiles

A cut tile used as a filler in the run of a wall or floor area.

Impervious tile

Building materials; Tiles

Has water absorption of 0. 5 percent or less.

In/out corner

Building materials; Tiles

Trim tile for turning a right-angle inside or outside a wall corner.

Kiln cracks

Building materials; Tiles

Cracks in tile, flat or trim, occurring when the tile is fired. Typically, the cracks are from one outer edge and do not go clear across the tile.

Lap joint

Building materials; Tiles

A joint made by overlapping adjacent edge areas of two adherends to provide facing surfaces which can be joined with an adhesive.

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