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tile
[tahyl]
noun
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
any of various similar slabs or pieces, as of linoleum, stone, rubber, or metal.
tiles collectively.
a flat, rectangular playing piece used in certain games, as Scrabble and mah-jongg.
a pottery tube or pipe used for draining land.
Also called hollow tile.any of various hollow or cellular units of burnt clay or other materials, as gypsum or cinder concrete, for building walls, partitions, floors, and roofs, or for fireproofing steelwork or the like.
Informal.a stiff hat or high silk hat.
verb (used with object)
to cover with or as with tiles.
tile
/ ٲɪ /
noun
a flat thin slab of fired clay, rubber, linoleum, etc, usually square or rectangular and sometimes ornamental, used with others to cover a roof, floor, wall, etc
a short pipe made of earthenware, concrete, or plastic, used with others to form a drain
tiles collectively
a rectangular block used as a playing piece in mah jong and other games
old-fashioneda hat
informalon a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
verb
(tr) to cover with tiles
Other 51Թ Forms
- tilelike adjective
- retile verb (used with object)
- ˈپ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tile1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tile1
Example Sentences
Strong winds can cause damage to buildings, such as tiles coming off roofs, and heavy rain can lead to flooding.
Standing on a blue tiled floor, the only thing that points to where his bedroom once was, Mr Adamu looked around the vast empty space that has replaced his community.
He’s as spot-on as the production design’s gridded tile floors or a crisp camera move that pans precisely to a visual gag.
Hundreds of tiles have fallen from the roof of a centuries old tower in China's Anhui province, smashing to the ground near visitors to the site.
Even the bathrooms are opulent in that uncanny, chain-restaurant way: part suburban shopping plaza, part Ancient Egyptian bathhouse, all backlit marble and echoing tile.
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