VINYL


Meaning of VINYL in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

black

I sat down in the big black vinyl armchair.

Under the black vinyl the waters burbled and hiccuped.

Five minutes later found me flinching and clenching. biting into the black vinyl of the couch as cold steel penetrated.

■ NOUN

album

New technology is bringing back some of the information and visual charm that seemed to disappear along with the 12-inch vinyl album .

tile

Black and white vinyl tiles can look particularly effective, and hardboard or chipboard, painted or varnished, make cheap cover-ups.

It can also be used to bed wood floor blocks, cork and vinyl tiles .

The floor was covered with large red and white vinyl tiles , rubbed in ridges that betrayed the presence of flagstones underneath.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a vinyl chair

a vinyl tablecloth

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But you might be able to put the new vinyl over the old.

His favorite material is patent leather; vinyl he considers too thin.

Other types of blown vinyl are made in similar ways, and may include metallic-type paper surfaces with a slightly reflective sheen.

Other uses include removing Artex, lifting vinyl floor tiles, killing weeds and sterilising soil, etc.

The grey vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles.

The old vinyl record might be there, but the memories are all living there in the people.

The wound patched over with timber-textured vinyl .

This vinyl skin is wrinkling like a sheet material.

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