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tile
(tīl)n.
1. A thin, flat or convex slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs.
2. A short length of pipe made of clay or concrete, used in sewers and drains.
3. A hollow fired clay or concrete block used for building walls.
4. Tiles considered as a group: bought tile for the kitchen.
5. Games A marked playing piece, as in mahjong.
tr.v. tiled, til·ing, tiles
To cover or provide with tiles.
[Middle English, from Old English tigele, from Latin tēgula, from tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
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tile
(taɪl)n
1. (Building) 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.
2. (Building) a short pipe made of earthenware, concrete, or plastic, used with others to form a drain
3. (Building) tiles collectively
4. (Games, other than specified) a rectangular block used as a playing piece in mah jong and other games
5. (Clothing & Fashion) old-fashioned slang Brit a hat
6. on the tiles informal on a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
vb
(Building) (tr) to cover with tiles
[Old English tīgele, from Latin tēgula; related to German Ziegel]
ˈtiler n
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tile
(taɪl)n., v. tiled, til•ing. n.
1. 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. any of various similar slabs or pieces, as of linoleum, stone, or metal.
3. tiles collectively.
4. a pottery tube or pipe used as a drain.
5. 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. a high silk hat.
v.t. 7. to cover with or as if with tiles.
8. to install drainage tile in.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English tīgele, c. Old High German ziagal, Old Norse tigl (all representing Germanic loan < Latin tēgula)]
tile′like`, adj.
til′er, n.
-tile
an adjective-forming suffix occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, with the sense “obtained by, produced by” the action of the base verb (fictile; textile) or “characterized by” the action of the base verb ( missile; motile; sessile; versatile); esp. in later formations identical in sense with -ile1 ( ductile; erectile).
[< Latin -tilis;]
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tile
Past participle: tiled
Gerund: tiling
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Noun | 1. | tile - a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces slab - block consisting of a thick piece of something tessera - a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics tile roof - a roof made of fired clay tiles |
2. | tile - a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired hip tile, hipped tile - a tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roof pantile - a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap ridge tile - a decorative tile that is bent in cross section; used to cover the ridge of a roof roofing material - building material used in constructing roofs | |
3. | tile - game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. | |
Verb | 1. | tile - cover with tiles; "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" tessellate - tile with tesserae; "tessellate the kitchen floor" |
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tile
nounRelated words
adjective tegular
adjective tegular
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Translations
بَلاطَةقِرْمِيْدَةقِرْميدَه، آجُرَّهيُغَطّي بالقَرْميد أو الَلاط
dlaždicetaškadlaždičkakachleobkladačka
fliseklinkelægge tagstentagsten
laatta
pločica
csempecsempével burkolcseréppadlóburkoló laptetõcserép
flís; tígulsteinn; òakskífaflísaleggjagólfflísar, plastflísar
タイル
타일
čerpėdengtas čerpėmisdengti čerpėmisišklotas plytelėmiskloti plytelėmis
dakstiņšflīzekārniņšnoklāt ar dakstiņiem/kārniņiem/flīzēmplāksne
dlaždicapokryť škridlouškridla
opekaploščica
kakelplatta
กระเบื้อง
ngói
tile
[taɪl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tile
[ˈtaɪl] n
(on roof) → tuile f
a night on the tiles (fig) (British) → la java
to have a night on the tiles → faire la java
a night on the tiles (fig) (British) → la java
to have a night on the tiles → faire la java
(on wall or floor) → carreau m
vt
[+ floor, bathroom] → carreler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
tile
n (on roof) → (Dach)ziegel m; (= ceramic tile) → Fliese f; (on wall) → Kachel f, → Fliese f; (= lino tile, cork tile, polystyrene tile etc) → Platte f, → Fliese f; (= carpet tile) → (Teppich)fliese f; to have a night on the tiles (Brit inf) → einen draufmachen (inf)
vt
roof → (mit Ziegeln) decken; floor → mit Fliesen/Platten auslegen; wall → kacheln, mit Platten bedecken; bathroom → kacheln, Fliesen anbringen in (+dat)
(Comput) windows → nebeneinander anordnen; tile horizontally → nebeneinander; tile vertically → untereinander or übereinander
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
tile
[taɪl]1. n (on roof) → tegola; (on floor, wall) → mattonella, piastrella
a night on the tiles (Brit) (fam) → una notte brava
a night on the tiles (Brit) (fam) → una notte brava
2. vt (roof) → rivestire di tegole; (floor, bathroom) → piastrellare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tile
(tail) noun1. a piece of baked clay used in covering roofs, walls, floors etc. Some of the tiles were blown off the roof during the storm.
2. a similar piece of plastic material used for covering floors etc.
verb to cover with tiles. We had to have the roof tiled.
tiled adjective covered with tiles.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
tile
→ قِرْمِيْدَة dlaždička flise Fliese κεραμίδι baldosa laatta tuile pločica mattonella タイル 타일 tegel flis dachówka azulejo плитка kakelplatta กระเบื้อง fayans ngói 瓷砖Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009