Cabinet Terminology
Common Kitchen Cabinet Terminology
Shopping for cabinets but having trouble understanding the language? We put together this cabinet glossary defining the most popular cabinetry terms you’ll come across while shopping for kitchen or bathroom cabinets. Learn all of the terminology used by cabinet makers and manufacturers and shop with confidence.
- 1″ Overlay
- 1/2″ Overlay
- Accents
- ADA
- Adjustable Shelves
- Alder Wood
- Antiquity Glass
- Appliance Garage
- Apron Front Sink
- Arch
- Ash Wood
- Aspen
- Backsplash
- Ball Bearing Guide
- Bamboo Wood
- Base Angle Cabinet
- Base Cabinet
- Base Diagonal Corner Cabinet
- Base End Cabinet
- Base End Shelf
- Base Skin
- Base Spice Pull-out
- Baseboard
- Beadboard Paneling
- Beech Wood
- Bevel
- Birch Wood
- Bird’s Eye Grain
- Bridge Cabinet
- Build-Up
- Bumper Pad
- Burl
- Burnishing
- Butcher Block
- Butt Door
- Butt Hinge
- Butt Joint
- Cabinet Clamp
- Cabinet Rasp
- Cabinet Scraper
- Caesarstone Countertop
- Cam Lock
- Cambria Countertop
- Carpenter’s Glue
- Casing
- Cathedral Door
- Cedar Wood
- Center Stile
- Ceramic Tile
- Cherry Wood
- Chestnut Wood
- Chop Saw
- Circular Saw
- Classic Crown Molding
- Color Variation
- Column
- Composite Wood
- Concealed Hinge
- Concrete Countertop
- Contemporary Style
- Cook-top
- Cope and Stick
- Corbel
- Corner Cabinet
- Corner Sink Base
- Corridor Kitchen
- Country Style
- Cross Grain
- Custom Cabinet
- Cutting Board
- Dado
- Decorative Door
- Dentil Molding
- Diagonal Corner Cabinet
- Dishwasher Panel
- Distressed Finish
- Door Stopper
- Dovetail
- Dowel
- Drain Board
- Drawer Base Cabinet
- Drawer Face
- Drawer Runner
- Drop-In Sink
- Dry Brushing
- Edge Grain
- End Panel
- End Shelf
- Engineered Stone
- Engineered Wood
- Epoxy Coated Guide
- European Hinge
- European Style Cabinet
- Exposed Hinge
- Face Frame
- Fake Drawer Front
- Fiddleback
- Filler Strip
- Fine Grain
- Finish
- Fixed Shelf
- Flakeboard
- Flat Grain
- Fluted Filler
- Formica
- Framed Cabinet
- Frameless Cabinet
- French Leg
- Fretsaw
- Fridge Panel
- Full Lap
- Full Overlay
- Full-Access Drawer
- Full-Extension Guide
- Full-Inset
- Furniture Board
- G-Shaped Kitchen
- Glass Rack
- Glazing
- Gloss Finish
- Grain
- Grain Variation
- Granite
- Grid
- Grinder
- Grout
- Half Overlay
- Handle
- Hardwood
- Heartwood
- Hickory
- Highlighting
- Hinge
- Hinge Cup
- Inset Doors/Drawers
- Integral Sink
- Island
- Island Skin
- Jigsaw
- Joint
- Kerf
- Knife Hinge
- Knob
- Knockout
- Knot
- Knotty Alder Wood
- Knotty Pine
- Kwik-Korner Jig
- L-Shaped Kitchen
- Lacquer
- Laminate
- Lap Joint
- Lazy Susan
- Light Rail Molding
- Lipped
- Maple
- Marble Countertop
- Matte
- Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF)
- Melamine
- Microwave Cabinet
- Mill
- Millwork
- Mineral Streak
- Mitre
- Modular Cabinet
- Molding
- Mortise and Tenon
- Mounting Plate
- Mullion
- Muntin
- Natural Finish
- No-Mortise
- Non-Porous
- Oak Wood
- Ogee Edge
- Old World Style
- One-Wall Kitchen
- Onlay
- Open Grain
- Outside Corner Molding
- Oven Cabinet
- Overlay
- Pantry
- Partial Overlay
- Particle Board
- Peninsula
- Pie Cut Shelf
- Pilaster
- Pin Hinge
- Pine Wood
- Pivot Hinge
- Plate Rack
- Plywood
- Poplar Wood
- Pressboard and Pressed Wood
- Primer Coat
- Pull
- Pull-Out Shelf
- Putty
- Rail
- Raised Panel
- Range
- Recessed Panel Door
- Red Birch Wood
- Red Oak Wood
- Refacing
- Refinishing
- Reveal
- Reverse Bevel
- Roll-out Tray
- Roman Arch
- Rosette
- Rustic
- Sapwood
- Sash
- Scribe Molding
- Sealer
- Self-Close Mechanism
- Semi-Custom Cabinet
- Shaker Style Cabinets
- Shim
- Sidemount Glides
- Single Oven Cabinet
- Sink Base Cabinet
- Sink Tilt-out Tray
- Skin
- SKU
- Slab Door
- Soapstone Countertop
- Soffit
- Softwood
- Solid Surface Countertop
- Solid Wood
- Soss Hinge
- Spice Drawer Insert
- Spice Rack
- Square-Cut Joint
- Stain
- Stainless Steel Countertop
- Stem Rack
- Stile
- Stock Cabinet
- Straight Grain
- Surface Mounted Hinge
- Template
- Traditional Style
- Transitional Style
- Work Triangle
- Worm Hole Effect
- Thermofoil Cabinet
- Toe Kick
- Tongue and Groove
- Trash Pull-Out Cabinet
- Trim Molding
- Trim Tile
- U-shaped Kitchen
- Undercoat
- Undermount Drawer Glides
- Urethane
- V-Groove Panel
- Varnish
- Veneer
- Vessel Sink
- Vinyl Laminate
- Wainscot Panel
- Wall Angle Cabinet
- Wall Cabinet
- Wall Diagonal Corner Cabinet
- Wall End Cabinet
- Wall End Shelf
- Wall Skin
- Walnut Wood
- Warping
- Wax
- Welded Wire Mesh
- Wet Polishing
- Wine Rack
- Wood Filler
- Wood Grain
- Wood Laminate
- Wood Species