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单词 tongue and groove
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Definition of tongue and groove in English:

tongue and groove

noun
mass noun
  • Wooden planking in which adjacent boards are joined by means of interlocking ridges and hollows down their sides.

    he'd built units in tongue and groove
    as modifier tongue-and-groove panelling
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Features of the development include natural gas central heating, double glazed windows, cobblelock driveways, en suite master bedrooms, tongue and groove flooring upstairs and a levelled and seeded front garden.
    • The townhouses and three-bedroom duplexes will also include fireplaces, en suite bathrooms, downstairs guest bathrooms and tongue and groove timber flooring on the top floor.
    • Laminate flooring is a tongue and groove interlocking flooring system that rests on top of the existing substrate.
    • The flooring is tongue and groove flooring and there is a nicely fitted kitchen and fully tiled bathroom.
    • Partitioning was constructed and lined, mostly with tongue and groove timber boarding.
    • If plywood is impractical, 1x6 tongue and groove boards may prove to be an easier solution.
    • The long, narrow entrance hall is decorated in a rich orange colour and features tongue and groove wooden flooring.
    • The entrance hallway with tongue and groove flooring is complemented by high ceiling with original coving and cornicing.
    • Finally, insulate the cavities and then install sheets of tongue and groove plywood subfloor, using adhesive along with your fasteners.
    • To the right the living room retains its original tongue and groove floorboards and features a cast iron fireplace with carved wooden mantelpiece.
    • Features will include oil fired central heating, contemporary fitted kitchens, tongue and groove flooring upstairs and French doors leading to the back gardens.
    • The ceiling has a light washed tongue and groove cladding and exposed oak beams, while the flooring is recently laid birch.
    • A high ceiling and original coving are found in the entrance hall, off which the dining room has tongue and groove wooden floors and an open fireplace.
    • The houses will also have tongue and groove timber flooring upstairs and walled back gardens.
    • Also at this level is the spacious bathroom, which features recessed lighting, tongue and groove panelling, a period style bath with telephone shower and a separate power shower.
    • There are tongue and groove stained wooden floors throughout and the master bedroom includes an en suite bathroom.
    • Another very useful tool is a laminate flooring clamp, which tightens together tongue and groove boards.
    • All the houses will feature gas-fired central heating, tongue and groove flooring upstairs and recessed lighting throughout the ground level.
    • It is painted in warm yellow tones and fitted with varnished tongue and groove floorboards, a picture rail and a fireplace with cast-iron inset and black granite hearth.
    • The material comes in individual boards with tongue and groove edges, roughly eight inches wide by four feet long.

Derivatives

  • tongued-and-grooved

  • adjective
    • According to the invention, the edges of the tongued-and-grooved block are bevelled such as to produce a trapezoidal form which can be used to facilitate the positioning of the block, and to adjust the block.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Nailing ceilings, one nails a wood tongued-and-grooved board in place while standing on planks laid across sawhorses.
      • Then there's the tongued-and-grooved joints, which enable the panels to fit tightly together.
 
 

Definition of tongue and groove in US English:

tongue and groove

nountəŋ ænd
  • Wooden planking in which adjacent boards are joined by means of interlocking ridges and grooves down their sides.

    he'd built units in tongue and groove
    as modifier tongue-and-groove paneling
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The entrance hallway with tongue and groove flooring is complemented by high ceiling with original coving and cornicing.
    • The townhouses and three-bedroom duplexes will also include fireplaces, en suite bathrooms, downstairs guest bathrooms and tongue and groove timber flooring on the top floor.
    • Features of the development include natural gas central heating, double glazed windows, cobblelock driveways, en suite master bedrooms, tongue and groove flooring upstairs and a levelled and seeded front garden.
    • Finally, insulate the cavities and then install sheets of tongue and groove plywood subfloor, using adhesive along with your fasteners.
    • A high ceiling and original coving are found in the entrance hall, off which the dining room has tongue and groove wooden floors and an open fireplace.
    • The material comes in individual boards with tongue and groove edges, roughly eight inches wide by four feet long.
    • All the houses will feature gas-fired central heating, tongue and groove flooring upstairs and recessed lighting throughout the ground level.
    • The houses will also have tongue and groove timber flooring upstairs and walled back gardens.
    • Also at this level is the spacious bathroom, which features recessed lighting, tongue and groove panelling, a period style bath with telephone shower and a separate power shower.
    • Partitioning was constructed and lined, mostly with tongue and groove timber boarding.
    • The flooring is tongue and groove flooring and there is a nicely fitted kitchen and fully tiled bathroom.
    • If plywood is impractical, 1x6 tongue and groove boards may prove to be an easier solution.
    • Laminate flooring is a tongue and groove interlocking flooring system that rests on top of the existing substrate.
    • The ceiling has a light washed tongue and groove cladding and exposed oak beams, while the flooring is recently laid birch.
    • Features will include oil fired central heating, contemporary fitted kitchens, tongue and groove flooring upstairs and French doors leading to the back gardens.
    • To the right the living room retains its original tongue and groove floorboards and features a cast iron fireplace with carved wooden mantelpiece.
    • It is painted in warm yellow tones and fitted with varnished tongue and groove floorboards, a picture rail and a fireplace with cast-iron inset and black granite hearth.
    • There are tongue and groove stained wooden floors throughout and the master bedroom includes an en suite bathroom.
    • Another very useful tool is a laminate flooring clamp, which tightens together tongue and groove boards.
    • The long, narrow entrance hall is decorated in a rich orange colour and features tongue and groove wooden flooring.
 
 
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