Terms Common to Cabinet Construction and Hardware


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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