tile 
tile
Definition
tile (tīl)
noun
- a thin, usually rectangular piece of stone, concrete, or unglazed, fired clay, used for roofing, flooring, etc.
- a thin, usually rectangular piece of glazed, fired clay, often decorated, used for fireplace borders, bathroom walls, etc.
- a similar piece of other material, as of metal, plastic, asphalt, rubber, etc., used to cover floors, walls, etc.
- tiles collectively; tiling
- a drain of semicircular tiles or earthenware pipe
- hollow blocks of burnt clay, used variously in construction
- any of the pieces used in mah-jongg or some other games
- Informal a high, stiff hat
Etymology: ME < OE tigele, akin to Ger ziegel, both < WGmc *tegala < L tegula, tile < tegere, to cover: see thatch
transitive verb tiled, til′·ing
to cover with tiles
til′er noun
on the tiles
Brit., Informal out carousing
tile
Synonyms
tile
n.
tile
Usage Examples
Object
- splashback: Fitted with a matching suite comprising low level wc and corner wall hung wash hand basin with tiled splashback.
- flooring: Black and red tiled flooring throughout; wooden flooring beneath pews; heating vents in central aisle.
- hearth: Feature brick fireplace and tiled hearth and fitted with a living flame gas fire.
- floor: Tiled floors apart from the wooden boarding beneath the choir stalls.
- splash: Shower Room: With shower cubicle having sliding door, hand basin with tiled splash back, strip light, shaver socket.
- roof: Red brick built with a tiled roof in a nice area with a garden shed.
Converse of object
- peg: Most of the fabrics are typical York products and probably belong to peg tile, rather than nib.
- glaze: The tunnel is lined with 200,000 glazed white tiles.
Adjective modifier
- ceramic: Ceramic tiles to three walls, obscure double glazed window to rear, radiator.
- encaustic: Galleries display delicate examples of encaustic tiles, from single, rather plain, patterns, to vast wall panels.
- plain: Where the method of suspension was no intact tiles were defined as plain tiles.
Modifies a noun
- adhesive: Will the heat affect the tile adhesive or tiles?
- grout: When fully dry, grout the mosaic with tile grout.
- flooring: There is a well equipped kitchen/dining room with original beams and quarry tile flooring.
Noun used with modifier
- terracotta: Once a single house, now used as two, with terracotta tiles in both gables.
- clay: The students made their own clay tiles in response to the Reading Abbey tiles.
- ridge: Roof: slate roofs with plain reconstituted clay ridge tiles.
- roof: He also raised concerns about imported clay roof tiles entering the UK around 10 per cent cheaper than domestic clay roof tiles.
- roofing: This can be prevented by installing moisture barrier beneath the roofing tiles.
- mosaic: The only touch of color can be found in the deep blue mosaic tiles in the walk in oval shower.
tile Quotes
Any old iron, any old iron, Anyany old old iron? You look neat Talk about a treat, You look dapper from your napper to your feet. Dressed in style, brand new tile, And your father's old green tie on, But I wouldn't give you tuppence for your old watch chain; Old iron, old iron?
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