quarry tile

English

Noun

quarry tile (plural quarry tiles)

1. A very hard ceramic tile used e.g. as flooring, usually 1/2 to 3/4 inches (13 to 19 mm) in thickness, made by the extrusion process from natural clays or shales.

   Synonym: quarrel

   • 1960 September, M. J. Wilson, “Harlow Town station opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 542:

     The public areas have blue quarry-tile floors, pale blue glass mosaic walls and pillars and varnished timber ceilings; [...].

Translations

type of ceramic tile

• Finnish: klinkkeri (fi)