TILE

Tile

A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors, walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops. Alternatively, tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials such as perlite, wood, and mineral wool, typically used for wall and ceiling applications. In another sense, a tile is a construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games . The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof ...

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tile

Noun

  1. A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, etc.
  2. A rectangular graphic.
  3. Any of various types of cuboid playing piece used in certain games, such as in dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
  4. A stiff hat.

Verb

  1. To cover with tiles.
  2. To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
    to tile a Masonic lodge
    tile the door


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