1.
2.
[syn: tile, roofing tile]
3. game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.;
VERB (1)
1. cover with tiles;
- Example: "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tile \Tile\, v. t. [See 2d Tiler.]
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile
a Masonic lodge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tile \Tile\, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L.
tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf.
Tegular.]
1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering
the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often
for ornamental mantel works.
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2. (Arch.)
(a) A small slab of marble or other material used for
flooring.
(b) A plate of metal used for roofing.
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3. (Metal.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or
earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are
fused.
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4. A draintile.
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5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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Tile drain, a drain made of tiles.
Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and
stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.]
Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
Tile ore (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite.
Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea,
under Brick.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tile \Tile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tiling.]
1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
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2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
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The muscle, sinew, and vein,
Which tile this house, will come again. --Donne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tile
n 1: a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or
linoleum) used to cover surfaces
2: a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing [syn: tile,
roofing tile]
3: game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with
characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble,
etc.
v 1: cover with tiles; "tile the wall and the floor of the
bathroom"