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  2. Cabinetry - Wikipedia

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    A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying items. Some cabinets are stand alone while others are built in to a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood (solid or with veneers or artificial surfaces), coated steel (common for medicine cabinets), or synthetic ...

  3. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    Medieval cathedral plans were a development of the basilica plan type. Batement Lights The lights in the upper part of a perpendicular window, abated, or only half the width of those below. [2] Batter (walls) An upwardly receding slope of a wall or column. Battlement

  4. Floor plan - Wikipedia

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    In other words, a plan is a section viewed from the top. In such views, the portion of the object above the plane (section) is omitted to reveal what lies beyond. In the case of a floor plan, the roof and upper portion of the walls may typically be omitted.

  5. House plan - Wikipedia

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    Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.

  6. Soffit - Wikipedia

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    wall with speaker recesses curvature of e.g. plasterwork to fill the space above the kitchen cabinets, at the corner of the ceiling and wall: coving (interior design) underside of office ceiling of tiles (often gypsum) suspended, fastened or bonded to a grid system attached to the walls and/or ceiling

  7. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    the floor above ground level (US: second floor) the floor at ground level (often, but not always, the same floor as a building's lobby) (UK: ground floor) fit (adj.) (of a person) attractive, sexy (slang) (of a person) in good physical condition suitable for some purpose (usu. followed by for or to) fix (v.)

  8. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

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    An expandable table with chairs. This is a list of furniture types.Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building. [1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks.

  9. Cabinet (room) - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of "cabinet" began to be extended to the contents of the cabinet; [9] thus we see the 16th-century cabinet of curiosities, often combined with a library. The sense of cabinet as a piece of furniture is actually older in English than the meaning as a room, but originally meant more a strong-box or jewel-chest than a display-case. [10]