1. (n.)tile a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as in forming a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
2. tile any of various similar slabs or pieces, as of linoleum, stone, or metal.
3. tile tiles collectively.
4. tile a pottery tube or pipe used as a drain.
5. 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.
6. tile a high silk hat.
7. (v.t.)tile to cover with or as if with tiles.
8. tile to install drainage tile in.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE tīgele, c. OHG ziagal, ON
Definition of 'tile'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)tile a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
2. (noun)tile, roofing tile a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
3. (verb)tile game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
4. (verb)tile cover with tiles "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"
1. (noun)tile a flat piece of hard material, used to cover floors, walls, or roofs floor/roof tiles
2. (verb)tile to put tiles on sth to tile the bathroom/kitchen/roof
Definition of 'tile'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)tile 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
2. (noun)tile a small slab of marble or other material used for flooring
3. (noun)tile a plate of metal used for roofing
4. (noun)tile a small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused
5. (noun)tile a draintile
6. (noun)tile a stiff hat
7. (verb)tile to protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge
8. (verb)tile to cover with tiles; as, to tile a house
Definitions of tile 
Afrikaans: teël
Arabic: قِرْميدَه، آجُرَّه
Bulgarian: керемида
Brazilian: ladrilho
Czech: taška
German: der Ziegel
Danish: tagsten; flise; klinke
Greek: κεραμίδι
Spanish: teja; baldosa, azulejo
Estonian: katusekivi, kahhel
Farsi: کاشی
Finnish: laatta
French: tuile; carreau
Hebrew: רַעַף, אָרִיחַ
Hindi: खपरैल
Croatian: crijep, opeka
Hungarian: (tető)cserép; csempe
Indonesian: ubin
Icelandic: flís; tígulsteinn; þakskí
Italian: tegola
Japanese: タイル
Korean: 타일
Lithuanian: čerpė, koklis, plytelė
Latvian: dakstiņš; kārniņš; flīze
Malay: jubin; genting
Dutch: tegel
Norwegian: takstein, flis, panne, ka
Polish: płytka, kafel, dachówka
Portuguese: ladrilho
Romanian: ţiglă; faianţă
Russian: черепица; кафель
Slovak: dlaždica, kachlička, škri
Slovenian: strešna opeka
Serbian: pločica
Swedish: tegelpanna, kakel[platta]
Thai: แผ่นกระเบื้อง
Turkish: kiremit, fayans,çini
Taiwanese: 瓦
Ukrainian: черепиця; кахель, кераміч
Urdu: ٹائل، فرش يا ديوار پر لگا
Vietnamese: ngói
Chinese: 瓦
