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Real estate

Of or pertaining to property of land and the buildings on it. This also includes any minerals, crops, or any other natural resource. The business of real estate is the buying, selling, or renting property.

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mineral wool insulation

Real estate; Home improvement

Mineral wool insulation, or rock wool insulation, is similar to fiberglass. It is more expensive and somewhat more difficult to find, but doesn’t cause the same itchy reaction. It ...

molding

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The term molding refers to larger and typically more ornamental finish strips.

molly bolt

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A piece of hardware used to anchor drapery rods into hollow walls. The molly bolt includes an anchor plug and a screw with sides that spread out behind the wall to hold it in ...

mortar

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Mortar is the bonding mixture that is used to cement bricks and stones together.

mortise

Real estate; Home improvement

A mortise is a shallow recess in a wood frame to seat a piece of hardware flush with the wood.

mounting strap

Real estate; Home improvement

The metal brace that lays across a ceiling box and to which you mount a fixture base.

wainscoting

Real estate; Home improvement

A form of wood paneling that comes about halfway up the wall. Often built from beadboard.