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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TILE, n. [L. tegula; tego, to cover; Eng. to deck.]
1. A plate or piece of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings.
The pins for fastening tiles are made of oak or fir.
2. In metallurgy, a small flat piece of dried earth, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
3. A piece of baked clay used in drains.
TILE, v.t. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
1. To cover, as tiles.
The muscle, sinew and vein.
Which tile this house, will come again.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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 [syn: tile, roofing tile]
3: game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. v
1: cover with tiles; "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tigele, from Latin tegula tile; akin to Latin tegere to cover — more at thatch Date: before 12th century 1. plural tiles or tile a. a flat or curved piece of fired clay, stone, or concrete used especially for roofs, floors, or walls and often for ornamental work b. a hollow or a semicircular and open earthenware or concrete piece used in constructioncting a drain c. a hollow building unit made of fired clay or of shale or gypsum 2. tiling 3. hat; especially a high silk hat 4. a thin piece of resilient material (as cork, linoleum, or rubber) used especially for covering floors or walls 5. a thin piece resembling a ceramic tile that usually bears a mark or letter and is used as a playing piece in a board game (as mah-jongg) II. transitive verb (tiled; tiling) Date: 13th century 1. to cover with tiles 2. to install drainage tile in • tiler noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a thin slab of concrete or baked clay etc. used in series for covering a roof or pavement etc. 2 a similar slab of glazed pottery, cork, linoleum, etc., for covering a floor, wall, etc. 3 a thin flat piece used in a game (esp. mah-jong). --v.tr. cover with tiles. Phrases and idioms: on the tiles colloq. having a spree. Etymology: OE tigule, -ele, f. L tegula

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tile Tile, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.] 1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works. 2. (Arch.) (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b) A plate of metal used for roofing. 3. (Metal.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused. 4. A draintile. 5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Tile drain, a drain made of tiles. Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.] Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery. Tile ore (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite. Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks. Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tile Tile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling.] 1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house. 2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles. The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house, will come again. --Donne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tile Tile, v. t. [See 2d Tiler.] To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tiles, tiling, tiled) 1. Tiles are flat, square pieces of baked clay, carpet, cork, or other substance, which are fixed as a covering onto a floor or wall. Amy's shoes squeaked on the tiles as she walked down the corridor... The cabins had linoleum tile floors. N-VAR 2. Tiles are flat pieces of baked clay which are used for covering roofs. ...a fine building, with a neat little porch and ornamental tiles on the roof. N-VAR 3. When someone tiles a surface such as a roof or floor, they cover it with tiles. He wants to tile the bathroom... VERB: V n 4. see also tiling

Moby Thesaurus

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