| Accessible design - Accessible base cabinets are 32 1/2 " high and have an 8 1/2 " x 6 "
toe kick allowing for wheel chair access. |
| Adjustable Cabinet Shelves - Shelves able to be placed within an assortment of predrilled holes |
| Appliance Garage - A roll-up or single door unit placed under a wall cabinet Roll-up doors are
sometimes called "tambours ". |
| Appliqué (onlay) - An intricately carved decorative element
installed on the surface of a cabinet. |
| Arch - A curved shape often used on cabinet doors. |
| Batten - A strip of thin, narrow lumber used to cover or reinforce the joint between two pieces of lumber. |
| Bead - (or Beaded) A small double groove routed out around the perimeter of a cabinet frame or door giving
the appearance of an added rounded, narrow molding. |
| Beaded Inset - A composite of 3 or more windows that project out from the wallws at 30, 45, or 90 degree
angles to the wall. |
| Beaded Panel - A panel with a vertical double groove routed at intervals across it ' s width. |
| Bevel - The slant of a surface, as on a beveled edge door. |
| Bridge Cabinets - A cabinet used to cover an open space above an appliance such as a refrigerator. |
| Burnishing - A process which darkens the profile edges of the wood to create an antique effect. |
| Butt Joint - Joint formed by butting the ends of two pieces of wood together. Usually attached by
glue or staples or both. |
| Cam and Bolt - Hardware used to connect the top, bottom, and sides of kitchen cabinets. |
| Capital - An architectural term for the crown or top element of a column. |
| Cathedral - A curved shape similar to church windows, often used on cabinet doors. |
| Crown Molding - A wide, intricately carved piece of molding usually used on top of wall cabinets
or furniture. |
| Cook Top - A modern kitchen appliance comprised of surface-mounted cooking elements normally
installed in the counter top. Cook tops have a wide variety of cooking options including standard electric resistance coils,
flat ceramic plates, glass-topped halogen cooking elements, large frying surfaces, and electric barbeque grill tops. It is common to
see cook tops with down-draft, ducted ventilators. |
| Concealed Hinge - A handle that attaches to an awning or casement operator, used to open the
venting window. |
| 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. |
| Conversion Varnish - An element of a finishing process, used as intermediate and/or top coats.
This sprayed-on chemical material is bonded to the wood when heated in special ovens |
| Cup Hinge - Used to hinge full-overlay doors, the hinge is set into a round recessed area routed into
the back of the door. The hinge is also attached to the door frame. |
| Dado - A groove recessed into a board into which another board edge is inset to form a joint,
usually with glue to secure it. Used to join cabinet backs to cabinet floors or sides (end panels) to face frame. |
| 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
WALL ANGLE or LAZY SUSAN ANGLE or CORNER WALL cabinet. |
| Distressing - A technique where small dents, nicks, scratches, etc., are made in the wood to produce
an aged look. |
| Dovetail - A method of fastening boards together by fitting pieces shaped like a wedge into like
opposing cavities. Used most often in drawer assembly. |
| Dowel - A wood peg inserted into a corresponding glue filled hole. |
| Edge Band - material applied to the edge of a board or door, to seal and cover the surface. |
| End Panel - The outside vertical cabinet side that supports the horizontal parts. It is often
referred to as cabinet side panels, sides or ends. |
| 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, making it the choice of many cabinet manufacturers for cabinet boxes (carcase) and laminate clad door styles. " 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. |
| Framed Kitchen Cabinets - referred to as traditional cabinets, consists of a front frame with rails
and stiles around the cabinet opening. |
| Frameless Kitchen Cabinets - Cabinets with doors covering the entire cabinet face; commonly referred
to as an overlay door. With frameless kitchen cabinetry the front of the cabinet is not obstructed by any frames. Also known as "
European Styling " , it allows for more storage space and wider drawers. |
| Fretwork - Ornamental carving or fancywork. |
| Frieze - Decorative running design or cutout (fretwork) running along the top of a cabinet. |
| Full-overlay - Door style which leaves very little reveal of the frame or front edge around the
perimeter. (In framed cabinet construction, the face frame is concealed.) |
| Galley Rail - (also spindle rail or gallery rail) A decorative element often used to create a front
retainer on a plate rail. |
| Glaze - A staining process that creates highlights on natural wood cabinets. |
| Heartwood - Heartwood is wood that may contain deposits of minerals that may result in streaks of much
darker colors than the sapwood portions of the tree area closest to the bark. |
| I-Beam - A horizontal support member joining a cabinet front frame, end panel and cabinet back of a base
cabinet. |
| Kerf - A saw cut on the surface of a board to relieve stress. Used to create a curve in wood, as with
toe kick cover around a base cabinet. |
| Kiln-dry - The removal of moisture from lumber using a heat chamber (kiln). |
| 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. (Verb): To affix a surface covering to a substrate with glue. |
| Lazy Susan - a corner cabinet with a rotating shelving rack. |
| MDF - An engineered wood offering an extremely tight, smooth surface. Exceptionally stable, MDF
(Medium Density Fiberboard) is favored for laminating with thermofoils. |
| Melamine - A low pressure laminate thermofused to a smooth substrate. |
| Millwork - Machined woodwork. |
| Mineral Streak - Discoloration in lumber caused by chemical oxidation of minerals naturally occurring
in the wood. |
| Miter - Two angles cut and joined forming a continuous profile. (Sometimes spelled mitre) |
| Mortise and Tenon - A joint between two pieces of wood in which a protrusion on one piece is inserted
into a groove or channel in the other. Similar to " tongue and groove " . |
| Mullion Door - Mullion doors have vertical and horizontal wood rails within the frame forming a grid
pattern. |
| Muntin - The short bar extending from stile to stile. As in a tall cabinet door divided by a horizontal
muntin. |
| Nominal - The " rounded " dimension number used in a cabinet order code. Actual dimension
may differ by a fraction either greater or smaller. |
| Nose - Rounded edge on a wood member. |
O-gee Edge - 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. |
| Particleboard - Engineered board made from wood. |
| Pediment - Low-pitched triangular head or cap. " Broken pediment " is not solid and often
contains additional trim in the open area, such as a spindle. |
| Pilaster - A column. May refer to vertical strips into which shelf supports are inserted. |
| Plywood - Thinly cut layers of wood veneer cross laminated with adhesive between layers. |
| Rabbet - Rectangular cut of two surfaces. |
| Racking (wracking) - The twisting out of square of a cabinet door caused by uneven installation. |
| Rail - The horizontal members of a cabinet ' s front frame or door. |
| Recessed Panel - A term describing a door style with a thinner panel inserted into the grooves of a
wood door frame giving a " recessed " appearance. |
| Reveal - The area of the face frame not covered by the door. |
| Rout - To hollow out with a tool called a router. |
| RTA - An acronym for " Ready to Assemble. " These cabinets come in a range of quality levels.
They are an economical option for people who can assemble and install their own cabinets. |
| Sapwood - Sapwood contains living cells and performs an active role in the life processes of the tree.
The wood closest to the bark of the tree, usually lighter in color than heartwood. |
| Scribe (verb) - Careful fitting, in exact conformity, of an edge to the adjacent panel or wall. |
| Soffit A boxed-in corner usually running along the top of kitchen cabinets. |
| Soffit Spacer Molding applied at the top of kitchen cabinets to allow for door clearance. |
| Stile - The vertical members of a cabinet ' s front frame or door. |
| Stretcher - A support brace between the two end panels of a frameless cabinet. |
| Substrate - A manufactured product used as a base for laminates or veneers. Thickness, density, weight
and surface smoothness may vary depending on the strength required and the laminate to be applied. |
| Tenon - A projection at the end of a piece of wood. When inserted into a mortise (carved or dadoed area)
forms a " mortise and tenon " joint. Usually joined with glue. |
| Toe Kick The open space under cabinets. |
| 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. |
| V-groove - " V " shape routed vertical line on a panel. |
| Veneer - A thinly sliced layer of wood applied to a substrate. |
| Ventilation Register - Current code for residential dwellings requires a permanent heat source in all
liveable rooms. In most rooms, there will be either ceiling vents or floor vents. In a kitchen, however, there are usually cabinets that
are going to be in the way of the normal vent openings. Typical base cabinets have an overhang at the bottom edge that allows ventilator
ducts to be run. |
| Wainscot - Lower portion of an interior wall that contrasts with the wall surface above it. A wall
composed of two different surfaces, one above another. Classic wainscot is vertically beaded paneling on the lower portion of a wall,
capped by a decorative molding or ' chair rail ' . |
| Warp - To bend, twist or wrack a piece of lumber from a straight line. Caused by introduction of
excessive heat or moisture. |
| Worm Hole Effect - A technique which inserts small oval patterns in the wood to create an aged look. |
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