earthen floor

collocation in English

meaningsofearthenandfloor

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earthen
adjective
uk
/ˈɜː.θən/us
/ˈɝː.θən/
made of earth or of ...
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floor
noun
uk
/flɔːr/us
/flɔːr/
the flat surface of a room on which ...
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(Definition ofearthenandfloorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They were accommodated in a wood and iron building with anearthenfloor(approximately 40 by 20 feet) and barely large enough to accommodate 75 patients.
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To create a floor they packed the ground for anearthenfloor.
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The tomb chamber proper also had a simpleearthenfloor, but here and there it had been covered with limestone slabs.
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The construction of both types of building was the same: wooden frames, topped by straw, withearthenfloor, and scant interior furnishing.
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The church had anearthenfloor, un-plastered walls no ceiling and a thatched roof.
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The houses were simple, often with only one room, a fireplace and anearthenfloor.
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Most of the house had trampledearthenfloor.
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The hut has been restored to its original livery, with anearthenfloorand an open fireplace.
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In rainy weather the primitiveearthenfloorwas sometimes, and generally, rendered quite muddy the percolations from the roof above....
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A shady, sheltered location with good drainage on anearthenfloorprovides the best environment.
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There was anearthenfloorand holes one stumbled into at every turn.
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Tandem residences include a front room and back room, the former has a plastered and occasionally painted surface while the latter has anearthenfloor.
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Tandem residences include a front room and back room and the former has a plastered and occasionally painted surface while the latter has anearthenfloor.
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Their health must be affected by the damp, especially with earthen floors.
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Damp bad vapours exhale from the earthen floors, the floods drive the sewage back into the wells from which the domestic water supply is got.
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These cabins, rectangular shaped, are generally 1 1/2-stories and contain earthen floors.
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He built a bark hut on the bluff that had two rooms, bark walls, earthen floors and a shingle roof.
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Houses, with rammed earthen floors, were well planned with rooms and toilets and houses were constructed on either sides of streets and lanes.
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Zenshy's characteristics are decorative pent roofs ("mokoshi") and pronouncedly curved main roofs, cusped windows ("katmado"), earthen floors and paneled doors.
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Perilla oil also is important in the manufacture of printing inks and linoleum, and in more ancient times was a critical component in creating durable earthen floors.
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