tile

tile  (tl)

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.

5. Games A marked playing piece, as in mahjong.

tr.v. tiled, til·ing, tiles

To cover or provide with tiles.

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[Middle English, from Old English tigele, from Latin tgula, from tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]

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tile

Noun

1. a thin piece of ceramic, plastic, etc., used with others to cover a surface, such as a floor or wall

2. a rectangular block used as a playing piece in mah jong and other games

3. on the tiles Informal out having a good time and drinking a lot

Verb

[tiling, tiled]

to cover (a surface) with tiles [Latin tegula]

tiled adj
tiler n

Thesaurus

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 roofing tile 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. man, piece - game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
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"

Translations

tile [taɪl] n (on roof) → teja;

(on floor) → baldosa;

(on wall) → azulejo

vt [+ floor] → poner baldosas en [+ wall]; alicatar

tile [taɪl] n (on roof) → tuile f;

(on wall or floor) → carreau m

vt [+ floor, bathroom etc] → carreler

tile [taɪl] n (on roof) → Ziegel m;

(on floor) → Fliese f;

(on wall) → Kachel f

vt [+ floor] → mit Fliesen auslegen [+ bathroom]; kacheln

tile [taɪl] n (on roof) → tegola;

(on floor) → mattonella;

(on wall) → piastrella

vt [+ floor, bathroom etc] → piastrellare

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tile

n tile [tail]

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. teël قِرْميدَه، آجُرَّه керемида taška tagsten; flise; klinke der Ziegel κεραμίδι teja; baldosa, azulejo katusekivi, kahhel کاشی kattotiili, kaakeli tuile; carreau רַעַף, אָרִיחַ खपरैल crijep, opeka (tető)cserép; csempe ubin flís; tígulsteinn; þakskífa tegola タイル 기와 čerpė, koklis, plytelė dakstiņš; kārniņš; flīze jubin; genting tegel takstein, flis, panne, kakkel płytka, kafel, dachówka ladrilho ţiglă; faianţă черепица; кафель dlaždica, kachlička, škridla strešna opeka pločica tegelpanna, kakel[] แผ่นกระเบื้อง kiremit, fayans, çini 瓦 черепиця; кахель, керамічна плитка ٹائل، فرش يا ديوار پر لگانے کا پتھر ngói 瓦

2 a similar piece of plastic material used for covering floors etc. teël بَلاطَة плочка dlaždice flise die Fliese πλακάκι baldosa plaat کاشی پلاستیکی laatta carreau אָרִיחַ, מִרצֶפֶת पटिया podna pločica padlóburkoló lap ubin gólfflísar, plastflísar/-efni mattonella タイル (벽 등의) 타일 plytelė flīze; plāksne jubin plastik tegel flis płytka ladrilho dală плитка; кафель dlaždica ploščica ploča plastmatta กระเบื้อง marley, kalefleks (塑膠)地板革 плитка پلاسٹک کا ٹائل đá lát （塑料）地板革

v

to cover with tiles We had to have the roof tiled. teël يُغَطّي بالقَرْميد أو الَلاط покривам pokrýt taškami lægge tagsten gedeckt, gefliest σκεπάζω με κεραμίδια ή πλακάκια embaldosar (suelo); alicatar (paredes); tejar (tejado) plaatima کاشی کردن kattaa tiilillä couvrir de tuiles, de carreaux לרצף खपरैल से ढ़का pokriti crijepom (csempével) burkol memasang atap flísaleggja (coprire con tegole/mattonelle) タイル張りにする 기와를 이다 dengti čerpėmis, kloti plytelėmis noklāt ar dakstiņiem/kārniņiem/flīzēm memasang genting pd betegelen legge fliser/panner/takstein kryć płytkami/kaflami itd. ladrilhar a acoperi cu ţiglă/cu faianţă крыть черепицей, плиткой pokryť škridlou pokriti z opeko popločati täcka med tegel, klä med kakel ปูกระเบื้อง kiremit/fayans kaplamak 用瓦蓋(屋頂) вкривати черепицею, кахлем ٹائل بچھانا lợp ngói 用瓦盖（屋顶）

adj tiled

covered with tiles. geteël مُغَطّى بالقَرْميد облицован pokrytý taškami flisebeklædt; klinkebeklædt mit Ziegelsteinen bedacht στρωμένος με κεραμίδι, πλακόστρωτος embaldosado; alicatado; tejado kahhel-, plaat- کاشی شده tiili- recouvert de tuiles, de carreaux מְרוּצַף खपरता pokriven, obložen crijepovima cserepes berlapis ubin flísalagður (coperto con tegole/mattonelle) タイル張りの 기와로 이은 dengtas čerpėmis, išklotas plytelėmis dakstiņu-; kārniņu-; flīžu- bergenting betegeld flislagt pokryty płytkami/kaflami itd. ladrilhado acoperit cu ţiglă/cu faianţă покрытый черепицей, плиткой vykachličkovaný opečnat popločan kakelklädd ซึ่งปูด้วยกระเบื้อง kiremitli, fayans kaplı 瓦頂(的) вкритий черепицею, кахлем ٹائل لگا ہوا được lợp bằng ngói 瓦顶（的）