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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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bonding agent
Building materials; Tiles
A substance applied to a suitable substrate to create a bond between it and a succeeding layer as between a subsurface and a terrazzo topping or a succeeding plaster application.
broken joint
Building materials; Tiles
Ceramic tile installation featuring each row offset for half its length.
brushed/antiqued
Building materials; Tiles
Obtained by brushing the stone with a coarse rotary-type wire brush.
bullnose
Building materials; Tiles
A trim tile with a convex radius or finished edge on one side. Used for finishing top of wainscot, turning of an outside corner, or floor base.
bullnose corner
Building materials; Tiles
A type of bullnose trim with a convex radius on two adjacent edges.