tile
🇺🇸
/taɪl/
🇬🇧
/taɪl/
noun
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a flat piece of material used to cover walls or floors
We used ceramic tile for the kitchen floor.
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a flat piece used to cover roofs
The storm blew some roof tile off the house.
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a small flat piece used in board games
In the game, you move your tile to different spaces.
verb
R
to cover a surface with tiles
We will tile the bathroom floor next week.
R
to arrange windows on a screen without overlapping
You can tile the windows to see them all at once.
translation
a flat piece of material used to cover walls or floors; a flat piece used to cover roofs; a small flat piece used in board games
to cover a surface with tiles; to arrange windows on a screen without overlapping
Word Forms
3rd Present
tiles
Past
tiled
Perfect
tiled
Progressive
tiling
Plural
tiles