Tiles

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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Mortar

Building materials; Tiles

A mixture of cement paste and fine aggregate; in fresh concrete, the material occupying the interstices among particles of coarse aggregate; in masonry construction, mortar may contain masonry ...

Single-fired monocottura

Building materials; Tiles

A term used for tile manufactured by a process which allows the simultaneous firing of the clay with the glaze producing a finished tile with a single firing.

Mixing time

Building materials; Tiles

The period during which the constituents of a batch of concrete are mixed by a mixer; for a stationary mixer, time is given in minutes from the completion of mixer charging until beginning of ...

Terra cotta-like tile, used mainly for floors, and handmade. These tiles vary in color, texture and appearance, from tile to tile and within each tile. They are available in squares up to 12 inches, ...

Load

Building materials; Tiles

A force provided by weight or mass (gravitational), external or environmental sources such as wind, water and temperature, or other sources of energy.

Paper mounted ceramic mosaics

Building materials; Tiles

Ceramic mosaic tiles mounted on paper. Paper is applied to face of tile in sheets approximately twelve (12) inches wide, twenty-four (24) inches long.

Pavers

Building materials; Tiles

Unglazed porcelain or natural clay tile formed by the dust-pressed method and similar to ceramic mosaics in composition and physical properties but relatively thicker with 6 inch square or more ...