quarry tile
noun
An unglazed floor tile, typically of a reddish-brown colour.Also off the kitchen is a bright conservatory which has a floor of quarry tiles, and French doors out to the back garden....
- The quarry tiles on the floor and the face brick pillars are a fine background for the ‘country kitchen’ effect.
- At the back of the hall, the kitchen has quarry tiles on the floor, hand-crafted oak units, granite worktops, a tiled splashback and a double Belfast sink unit.
Derivatives
quarry-tiled
- Customers sit on hard wooden benches in her unadorned quarry-tiled front room.
- A quarry-tiled rear hall leads through to a small breakfast room with cast iron fireplace.
- The stained glass front door, opens to a quarry-tiled hallway with cream walls, a dado rail and ceiling coving.
Origin
Early 20th century: from quarry3 + tile.
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- golden boy
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- golden calf
- golden cat
- golden chain
- Golden Delicious
- goldendoodle
- golden duck
- golden eagle
- goldeneye
- Golden Fleece
- Golden Gate
- golden girl
- Golden Globe
- golden glow
- golden goal
- golden goose
- golden groundsel
- golden-haired