tile

(tīl)

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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Adj.

tiled - covered or furnished with tiles; "baths with tiled walls"; "a tiled kitchen"

covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

Translations

مُغَطّى بالقَرْميدمَكْسُوٌّ بِالقِرْمِيْد

kachlíkovanýpokrytý taškami

flisebeklædtklinkebeklædt

laatoitettu

popločen

flísalagîur

piastrellato

タイルを張った

타일을 붙인

pokrytý škridlou

kaklad

ที่ปูด้วยกระเบื้อง

fayans döşelifayans kaplıkiremitli

được lợp bằng ngói

瓦顶的铺瓷砖的

tiled

[taɪld] ADJ [floor] → embaldosado; [wall] → revestido de azulejos, alicatado (Sp); [ceiling] → tejado de tejas
tiled roof → tejado m

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

tiled

[ˈtaɪld] adj

[roof] → de tuiles; [wall, floor] → carrelé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tiled

adj floor → gefliest; path → mit Platten ausgelegt; wall, room, fireplace → gekachelt; tiled roof → Ziegeldach nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tiled

[taɪld] adj (floor, wall, bathroom) → a mattonelle, a piastrelle; (roof) → rivestito/a di tegole

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tile

(tail) noun

1. 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.

tiled

→ مَكْسُوٌّ بِالقِرْمِيْد kachlíkovaný flisebeklædt gefliest πλακοστρωμένος alicatado, azulejado laatoitettu carrelé popločen piastrellato タイルを張った 타일을 붙인 getegeld flisbelagt taflowy azulejado покрытый плитками kaklad ที่ปูด้วยกระเบื้อง fayans döşeli được lợp bằng ngói 铺瓷砖的

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It is my husband!' she quickly hid the roast meat inside the tiled stove, the wine under the pillow, the salad on the bed, the cakes under it, and the parson in the closet on the porch.

The peasant made the raven croak again, and said: 'In the second place, he says that there is some roast meat in the tiled stove.' 'Upon my word!' cried the miller, and went thither, and found the roast meat.

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As a house, Barton Cottage, though small, was comfortable and compact; but as a cottage it was defective, for the building was regular, the roof was tiled, the window shutters were not painted green, nor were the walls covered with honeysuckles.

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The locomotive-boiler stood on end, and it and the whole locomotive-boiler stood on end, and it and the whole locomotive were tiled sharply backward.

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He knelt on the tiled floor, and laid his face in her lap.

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Is it ok to put wallpaper on our tiled bathroom walls.

papering over cracks

These tiles are large (25cm x 50cm), so it's easy to tile a room quickly, come in lovely neutral colours (including white, grey and taupe) and have wavy lines across them that create a fantastic feature when you've tiled a wall, especially if the grout is the same colour as the tiles.

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To work out the number of tiles required, multiply the length by the height of each wall or part wall to be tiled (minus the area of any doors, windows, etc.) and add them together to get the total area, plus around 10% more for breakages and wastage.

Top tips for trouble-free tiling; With so many different tiles on the market, it's easy to find a look you like and can afford, but consider all the options before you buy

To work out the number of tiles required, multiply the length by the height of each wall or part wall to tiled (minus the area of any doors, windows, etc.) and add them together to get the total area, plus around 10% more for breakages and wastage.

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