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Cabinets Terms & Definitions
Base Cabinets
Cabinets designed to install directly on top of the floor.
Bevel
A portion of material removed from the edge of a piece of wood. Often used
to create natural cabinet pulls instead of adding hardware.
Blind Corner Cabinets
Cabinets designed to install into the corner of a room.
Concealed Hinge
Style of cabinet where the cabinet door hinge is not visible from the
outside.
Custom Cabinets
Cabinets that are built to a customer's specific needs. Custom cabinets are
not limited to product lines, specific shape, or material.
Dovetail
A joining process of two pieces of material.
Drawer Face
The front panel of the cabinet drawer assembly.
Face Frame
The front facing part of a cabinet. The vertical pieces, called “stiles,”
and the horizontal pieces, called “rails,” reinforce the cabinet structure and
provide support for doors and drawers.
Finishes
A term for the surface treatment of a wood product to enhance the beauty of
its natural wood color and grain definition.
Framed Cabinets
With framed cabinets, the box is built behind a frame-like structure on
which the doors and drawers are attached.
Frameless Cabinets
A more open style of cabinet construction where the components, doors and
drawers are applied to the inside of the box, eliminating the traditional face
frame.
Full Overlay
Doors and drawers are sized large enough to cover the cabinet face with only
minimal clearances between them.
Laminate
A term used when layers of wood are bonded together through a process of
heat and pressure.
Millwork
Any type of machined woodwork.
Mullion Doors
The center panel of the cabinet door is removed and replaced with horizontal
and vertical strips of material dividing the open panel into smaller panels.
Overlay
Decorative panels attached to a cabinet surface or attached to the ends of
upper or base cabinets.
Semi-Custom Cabinets
Cabinets built in 1/8" increments, opposed to modular cabinets built in 3"
increments.
Standard Overlay
Cabinet door style where the cabinet door overlaps the cabinet opening 1/2"
on all four sides.
Thermofoil
A 100% flexible vinyl laminate that is applied to the substrate by using an
adhesive or heat and pressure.
Wall Cabinet
Any cabinet type designed to install at or above eye level. Also referred to
as an upper cabinet.
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