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tile

UK/taɪl/ US/ˈtaɪ.əl/ fairly common informal
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

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

2.

a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing

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verb

1.

cover with tiles

  • “tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom”

Origin

From Middle English tile, tyl, tigel, tiȝel, teȝele, from Old English tiġele, tieġle, tiġle (“tile, brick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā (“tile, brick”), from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ (“tile, brick”), from Latin tēgula, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”).

Phrases

  • adaptive tile refresh
  • blue-tile fever
  • creasing tile
  • Dutch tile
  • encaustic tile
  • field tile
  • floating wood tile
  • floor tile

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