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Term Definition
Core Stock. A solid or discontinuous center ply used in panel-type glued structures such as solid or hollowcore doors.  
Core, Air. See Air Core.  
Core, Magenetic. See Magnetic Core.  
Core. 1. In plywood, the center of the panel; it may be either veneer or lumber. 2. A cylindrical piece of an underground formation cut and raised by a rotary drill with a hollow bit. 3. A hollow space within a concrete masonry unit formed by the face shells and webs. 4. The holes in clay masonry units. 5. The gypsum structure between the face and back papers of gypsum board.  
Coreboard. A gypsum board product used primarily in shaftwall systems, normally 1 inch thick or less, either laminated or homogenous, usually manufactured in 24 widths and lengths as per job requirements; may have either square, rounded, or tongue and groove edges.  
Cored Block. See Gypsum Block.  
Cored Brick. A brick in which the holes consist of less than 25% of the section.  
Cored Plug. A wooden plug inserted into a drilled hole where a nail, screw or other fastener has been driven.  
Cored Slab. A concrete slab that has been drilled with holes for the installation of plumbing pipe or conduit.  
Cored Tile. See Gypsum Tile.  
Coring Concrete. To drill concrete to obtain samples for testing or to drill a hole in concrete masonry for conduits or pipe.  
Corinthian. The order of Greek architecture characterized by ornate decoration and flared capitals with acanthus leaves.  
Cork Running Track. Compressed cork particles used as the base in a running track.  
Cork Tile. A flooring material made of a thin sheet of cork cut into a tile shape and attached by adhesive.  
Cork Wall Covering. Cork particles that are bound and pressed into sheets and used to deaden sound and add insulation value.  
Corner Bead. 1. A metal or plastic strip used to form a neat, durable edge at an outside corner of two walls of plaster or gypsum board. 2. A small, usually curved, wood mold for covering an inside corner.  
Corner Block. A large triangular piece of wood or metal used for added strength at the corners of frames or where legs and rails join, see Glue Block.  
Corner Boards. Boards used as trim for the corners of a house or other frame structure and against which the ends of the siding are finished.  
Corner Bullnose. A type of ceramic tile bullnose trim with a convex radius on two adjacent edges.  
Corner Cabinet. A cabinet wall unit that extends down two walls from the inside corner point.  
Corner Guard. Type of molding that is mounted on outside corners in a room or space for finishing and for the protection of the corner from damage.  
Corner Joint. A joint between two members located approximately at right angles to each other in the form of an L or 90 degrees.  
Corner Lath. See Corner Reinforcement.  
Corner Post. 1. A vertical post located in the corner of a timber structure. 2. A glazing mullion in the corner of a structure that retains glazing in both walls.  
Corner Protection. The act or process of attaching molding to the outside corner of two walls for protection from bumping.  
Corner Reinforcement. Plaster reinforcement used at re-entrant or internal angles to provide continuity between two intersecting plaster planes, usually a strip of diamond mesh metal lath bent to form a right angle; also called Cornerite or Corner Lath.  
Corner Studs. The arrangement of studs on a corner of a wood frame building that provides nail backing for the lathing or finishes both inside and out.  
Corner Tool. In gypsum wallboard finishing, an angular finishing knife to allow the simultaneous application of joint treatment to both sides of a 90 degree interior angle.  
Corner Weld. Weld in a joint between two members located approximately at right angles to each.  
Cornerite See Corner Reinforcement.  

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