soft flooring
Floor coverings made of cushioning or lofty materials, including carpet, rubber, cork, and artificial turf.
Soft flooring refers to materials which cushion the steps of persons using a structure, or which are constructed of lofty materials. These may be installed for comfort, to minimize noise levels, to protect underlying surfaces, for decoration, or any combination of these reasons.
The group includes both fibrous coverings and solid materials with a cushioning character. Carpet has a textile surface, while rubber and cork can form sheets or tiles without textile fibers.
The installed material supplies the more specific description. Comfort alone does not identify a carpet, cork, or rubber floor, and a loose movable rug does not make the underlying floor carpeted.
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More specific definitions
4 sub-definitions-
artificial turf
A synthetic floor or ground covering with densely arranged grasslike plastic blades attached to a backing. -
carpet
An installed textile floor covering extending across a floor or to a fixed border, excluding loose or movable rugs. -
cork
A soft floor covering made from cork oak bark, applied as sheets or tiles over an underlying floor. -
rubber
A floor covering with a layer of rubber over a subsurface, formed as sheets or tiles and molded or installed dry.
Related definitions
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mineral flooring
Flooring materials consisting of natural or aggregate earth or mineral substances. -
naturalistic surface
Ground or floor surfaces whose material is natural or simulates a naturally occurring surface. -
plastic flooring
Flooring materials composed of molded chemical substances, either as sheets or tiles. -
wood flooring
Floor coverings made from wood or rigid grasses, distinguished by material form and installation, with cork excluded.