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Appliance Garage - A common name for a roll-up or single door unit placed under a wall cabinet. Roll-up doors are sometimes called “tambours“.

Bead - A small double groove routed out around the perimeter of a cabinet frame or door giving the appearance of an additional rounded narrow molding.

Beaded Panel - a panel with a vertical double groove routed at intervals across it's width.

Beaded Inset - a style in which the cabinet door closes within the frame which has a double groove routed around its perimeter.

Bevel - The slant of a surface, as on a beveled edge door.

Classic Crown Molding - A wide, intricately carved piece of molding usually used on top of wall cabinets or furniture.

Concealed Hinge - A hinge that is attached to the door and the inside end panel of a cabinet, making it not visible from the exterior of the cabinet.

Continuous Pull - The door handle is an integral part of the door style and runs the full width of the door. The handle is not a separate piece of decorative hardware.

Dentil Molding - A pattern of tooth-like cuts often used on trim moldings.

Diagonal Cabinet - A cabinet used to span across a corner. Other terms for this type of cabinet are corner wall cabinet.

Dovetail - A method of fastening boards together by fitting pieces shaped like a wedge into like opposing cavities. Used most often in drawer assembly.

Engineered Wood - Wood fibers and/or particles that have been bonded with synthetic resins under heat and pressure are formed into panels or boards. Engineered wood is more dimensionally stable and easier to machine than solid wood or plywood. Grain-free surfaces yield smoother surface bonding of laminates.

Exposed Hinge - A hinge attached to the door and the front frame of the cabinet, making it visible from the exterior.

Flute - A groove routed into a wood part. Flutes may have a functional purpose, as with fluted dowels, into which glue is disbursed, or a decorative purpose as in fluted fillers.

Full-overlay - Door style which leaves very little reveal of the frame or front edge around the perimeter.

Knife Hinge -One of many hinge types for cabinets, the knife hinge is inserted into a slot routed into the side of a door. The hinge is attached to both the door frame and the door with screws which adjust to properly align the door on the frame. Some knife hinges are visible from the front of the cabinet; others are not.

Knot - A naturally occurring whorl in lumber created where a branch extended from a tree.

Laminate - A surface covering, usually affixed to a substrate with glue. May be any thin surface material. This word does not necessarily indicate "plastic" or "melamine" as is commonly believed. Paper or aluminum may also be a laminate.

MDF - Medium Density Fiberboard. An engineered wood offering an extremely tight, smooth surface. Exceptionally stable.

Melamine - A low pressure laminate thermofused to a smooth substrate.

Millwork - Machined woodwork.

Miter - Two angles cut and joined forming a continuous profile.

Mullion Door - Mullion doors have vertical and horizontal wood rails within the frame forming a grid pattern.

O-gee - Edge trim or cut characterized by one 180 degree radius bead extending further out than another below it.

Onlay Appliqué - An intricately carved wood decorative element installed on the surface of a cabinet.

Overlay - The degree or amount a door overlays the frame or front edge of a cabinet.

Plywood - Thinly cut layers of wood veneer cross laminated with adhesive between layers.

Soffit - Also called drop ceiling. The underside of a part or member of a building.

Stud - One of the smaller uprights in the framing of the walls of a building to which sheathing, paneling, or laths are fastened

Tongue and Groove - A projection along the edge of a board inserted into a corresponding groove and fixed with glue and /or a metal pin. Other terms for this type of joint include, dado and mortise and tenon.

Thermofoil - Flexible, 100% vinyl with contact adhesive on its underside. Applied to smooth engineered wood using heat and pressure.

Veneer - A thinly sliced layer of wood applied to a substrate.