LINOLEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does linoleum mean? 

• LINOLEUM (noun)
  The noun LINOLEUM has 1 sense:

1. a floor covering

  Familiarity information: LINOLEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINOLEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A floor covering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

lino; linoleum

Hypernyms ("linoleum" is a kind of...):

covering material (a material used by builders to cover surfaces)

 Context examples 

We heard the door open, a few hurried words, and then quick steps upon the linoleum.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has left two nail-marks from his boot upon your linoleum just where the light strikes it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The corridor which led to the room was laid down with a kind of creamy linoleum which shows an impression very easily.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If he came from outside on so wet a night, and yet left no trace of damp upon the linoleum, which was examined within a few minutes of his passing, then it is exceeding probable that he came in a cab.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)