betume
English translation: grout
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| 4 +1 | tar |
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| 4 | mortar |
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| 4 | pitch/bitumen |
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| 4 | grout |
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| 3 | varnish |
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mortar Explanation: tile mortar How to Remove an Old Tile Mortar Bed | Home Guides | SF Gate homeguides.sfgate.com/remove-old-tile-mortar-... - Traduzir esta página To remodel a shower or other tiled feature within a home, it may be necessary to first demolish an existing tile surface and the underlying mortar, or mud, bed. |
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peer agreement (net): +1tar Explanation: also known as asphalt |
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pitch/bitumen Explanation: This is a minefield - between bitumen/asphalt/pitch it depends a lot on usage and whether UK or US English. See the link below - although I know Wikipedia is not the oracle on all things! And the article may confuse you even more. I can't find anything stating that pitch would be used for tile-adhesion, so it may be that 'mortar' is a better bet in this case, but we don't know where these dirty marks have actually come from, so can't exclude "tar" either. Maybe, having the rest of the context, you could work out which of all these substances is the most likely answer. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt |
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varnish Explanation: For woodworkers, /betume/ is heavy, dark varnish. It may have accidenally run onto the tiles (in which case it would be hard to remove unless removed quickly). Had the experience myself... And the word is /prateleira/, is it not? As in a wood and tile one? |
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grout Explanation: sounds like badly cleaned grouting Reference: http://www.google.pt/imgres?num=10&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox... |
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