close-tiled floor
- noun
:
suelo de baldosas juntas
- The kitchen renovation included installing a close-tiled floor for a modern, seamless look.
Examples
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Moisture does not easily seep between the tiles of a close-tiled floor.
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The new kitchen features a close-tiled floor.
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Designers recommend a close-tiled floor to make small spaces appear larger and neater.
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I love the look of a close-tiled floor in bathrooms.
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Designers recommend a close-tiled floor to make small spaces appear larger and neater.
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Moisture does not easily seep between the tiles of a close-tiled floor.
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The kitchen renovation included installing a close-tiled floor for a modern, seamless look.
How Smooth
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
close-tiled + floor
The meaning is directly and predictably composed from 'close' (near/tightly) + 'tiled' (covered with tiles) modifying 'floor' (the flat surface forming a room's bottom), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it. This simple adjective–noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English word-formation, making it transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Close-tiled floor starts with a clear picture: close means 'near' and tiled means covered with tiles, so the tiles are put very near each other with only tiny gaps. That tight layout makes the floor look smooth and neat and keeps water from getting 'between' the tiles, so the phrase means a floor with tiles placed very close together.