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Adjustable Shelf – Shelf that can be added or removed, with varying
positions possible.
Backplate – Usually a metal plate, often decorative, fitting between
handles, pulls or knobs and doors or drawer faces.
Bead board – Paneling with beaded, routed detail.
Bridge cabinet – Cabinet spanning an open space, such as above an appliance.
Cam and bolt — Construction hardware connecting the top, bottom or sides of
some cabinets.
C-C or O.C. – Indicates a center-to-center hole measurement between screw
holes.
Crown Molding – Decorative molding applied to wall cabinet tops to provide a
finished look.
Custom Cabinetry – Cabinets built to fit customer’s order of cabinet
dimensions, shape, wood species, finish and special detailing.
Edge banding – Material applied to edge of objects such as countertops,
shelving or doors, to seal and cover the surface.
DIA – Indicates the diameter of a round or symmetrical piece, often
associated with a knob.
Finish – The overall surface color, sealing, and added accents of a cabinet
or piece of decorative hardware. This includes the highlights and darker
tones added to create a special look. It does not include the shape, carved
or cast detailing, or physical design of the piece.
Fixed Shelf – Shelf constructed as a permanent part of the cabinet structure
in a fixed position.
Flat Panel – Recessed center panel to a door or drawer design.
Fluted Rail – Decorative piece of molding spanning areas between cabinets.
Framed Cabinets – Cabinet box has a front frame around the cabinet opening
to which the door is attached.
Frameless Cabinets – Frameless have no front frame. The doors are attached
directly to the side walls of the cabinet.
Full Overlay – Cabinet door that covers all or most of the face frame.
Glaze – Secondary staining process used to create highlight on wood doors.
Knob – Cabinet hardware piece used for opening a door or drawer that
requires only one hole and one screw.
Light Rail – Decorative molding applied to cabinets to hide lighting and/or
to provide a finished look.
MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) – Engineered wood product used as an
alternative to natural wood.
Melamine Laminate – Plasticized, hard surfacing material used on door and
drawer faces.
Mullion Doors – Doors with glass center panel.
Particleboard — Engineered wood product made from wood particles.
PRJ – Projection of a pull or knob from the door or drawer surface.
Pull (Handle Pull) – Cabinet hardware piece for opening a door or drawer
that requires two mounting locations (two holes and two screws).
Recessed Door – Door with flat panel recessed from the stiles and rails.
Rosette — Small decorative piece of molding, often round, square or
otherwise symmetrical.
Shelf Pin: A piece of hardware, often metal or plastic, on which an
adjustable shelf rests.
Soffit – Soffit or bulkhead is the box-like protrusion between ceiling and
the top of wall cabinets.
Soffit Spacer – Decorative molding applied to wall cabinet tops to allow
door clearance.
Solid Wood – Wood boards fitted and glued together, as opposed to plywood,
laminated wood, veneers, particle board, or MDF.
Stain – Coloring applied to wood surfaces as part of the finishing process.
Stock Cabinets – Pre-designed, factory-built cabinets.
Toe Kick – Molding used to cover the open space under the cabinet for a
finished look.
Veneer – Thin sheets of superior wood attached with glue to an inferior
substrate.
V-Groove – Vertical beaded or grooved design.
Vinyl Laminate – Decorative Material used on the interior of some
factory-built cabinetry, and sometimes used to cover cabinet exterior end
panel surfaces.
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