Definitions for tile
taɪltile

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tilenoun

   a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces

2. tile, roofing tilenoun

   a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing

3. tileverb

   game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.

4. tileverb

   cover with tiles

   "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tilenoun

   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. tilenoun

   A rectangular graphic.

3. tilenoun

   Any of various types of cuboid playing piece used in certain games, such as in dominoes, Scrabble, mahjong, or Rummikub.

4. tileverb

   To cover with tiles.

5. tileverb

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TILEnoun

   Thin plates of baked clay used to cover houses.

   Etymology: tigle , Saxon; tegel, Dutch; tuile, Fr. tegola, Italian.

   The roof is all tile, or lead, or stone. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   Earth turned into brick serveth for building as stone doth; and the like of tile. Francis Bacon, Physical Remains.

   In at the window he climbs, or o’er the tiles. John Milton.

   Worse than all the clatt’ring tiles, and worse
   Than thousand padders was the poet’s curse. Dryden.

   Tile pins made of oak or fir they drive into holes made in the plain tiles, to hang them upon their lathing. Joseph Moxon.

2. To Tileverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To cover with tiles.

   Moss groweth chiefly upon ridges of houses tiled or thatched. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 537.

   Sonnets or elegies to Chloris
   Might raise a house above two stories;
   A lyrick ode wou’d slate; a catch
   Wou’d tile, an epigram wou’d thatch. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   2. To cover as tiles.

   The rafters of my body, bone,
   Being still with you, the muscle, sinew and vein,
   Which tile this house, will come again. John Donne.

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1. tile

   A tile is a thin, flat or slightly curved piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or glass, generally used for covering floors, roofs, walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops. Tiles can vary in size, color, texture, and design, and can be used both indoors and outdoors. They are typically used for protective or decorative purposes in various construction or remodeling projects.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tileverb

   to protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge

2. Tilenoun

   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

3. Tilenoun

   a small slab of marble or other material used for flooring

4. Tilenoun

   a plate of metal used for roofing

5. Tilenoun

   a small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused

6. Tilenoun

   a draintile

7. Tilenoun

   a stiff hat

8. Tileverb

   to cover with tiles; as, to tile a house

9. Tileverb

   fig.: To cover, as if with tiles

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 tile composed of fired clay. Tiles are often used to form wall and floor coverings, and can range from simple square tiles to complex mosaics. Tiles are most often made from porcelain, fired clay or ceramic with a hard glaze, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, metal, cork, and stone. Tiling stone is typically marble, onyx, granite or slate. Thinner tiles can be used on walls than on floors, which require thicker, more durable surfaces.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tile

   tīl, n. a piece of baked clay used for covering roofs, floors, &c.: a tube or pipe of baked clay used in drains: (slang) a tall cylindrical silk hat.—v.t. to cover with tiles: to drain by means of tiles: to secure against the intrusion of unauthorised persons by placing a person at the door of a lodge or close meeting.—ns. Tī′ler, one who makes or who lays tiles: the keeper of the door in a Freemasons' lodge—also Ty′ler; Tile′-red, a brownish-red, the colour of baked tiles; Tī′lery, a place where tiles are made; Tile′-stone, a tile: (pl., geol.) the uppermost group of the Silurian period, consisting of a reddish, thin-bedded, slightly micaceous sandstone; Tī′ling, a roof of tiles: tiles in general.—Dutch tiles, enamelled earthenware tiles, usually blue, with scriptural subjects, for chimney pieces, &c. [A.S. tigele—L. tegula—tegĕre, to cover.]

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1. tile

   A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, shapes, sizes and styles specifically designed for various purposes according to the manufacturer product design.

   Tiles are created for various purposes e.g. roofing, walls, floors, garden areas, restrooms etc.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 29, 2017  

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1. TILE

   What does TILE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TILE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Slab

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tile' in Nouns Frequency: #2249

Anagrams for tile »

1. teil

2. lite

3. teli

How to pronounce tile?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tile in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of tile in a Sentence

1. Alfred Hawkins:

   This, combined with the documentary evidence and sherds( yes' sherds' not' shards') of medieval glazed tile, resulted in the possibility that we had found the floor of Edward I's lost chapel which burnt down in 1513.

2. Al Fontenot:

   In this sense, the post data collection activities are like building a house -- one can not apply dry wall before erecting the walls, any more than one could lay floor tile before the floor is constructed. There is an order of steps that must be maintained.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tile
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tile
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tile
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tile
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tile
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tile