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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering..
A substitute for the bath-room is a large piece of oilcloth, which can be laid upon the floor of the ordinary dressing-room. Upon this may be placed the bath-tub or basin.
Ignatius pounded a paw into the oilcloth on the kitchen table.
When the Lincolns moved into the White House, it was not furnished, there was oilcloth on the floor in the State Rooms because of the overflow from the spittoons.
Use oilcloth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oilcloth means A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering..
Common synonyms include American cloth, linoleum, leathercloth, waxcloth.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A substitute for the bath-room is a large piece of oilcloth, which can be laid upon the floor of the ordinary dressing-room. Upon this may be placed the bath-tub or basin.
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