often attributive
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 constructing a drain
c
: a hollow building unit made of fired clay or of shale or gypsum
2
: tiling
3
: a thin piece of resilient material (such as cork, linoleum, or rubber) used especially for covering floors or walls
4
: 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 (such as mah-jongg)
5
: hat
especially
: a high silk hat
tiled; tiling
tiler
noun
Examples of tile in a Sentence
Noun
We installed new tile in the kitchen.
Verb
We hired him to tile the bathroom floor.
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Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Even the bathrooms—lavishly stocked with Aesop products of every variety to enjoy in your enormous, high-pressure shower—are a thing of beauty, clad in salmon-pink tiles and decorated with sleek circular mirrors.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2024
Heather says her son can tile showers and backsplashes, hang drywall and install electrical outlet covers.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Outside, the home presents roofing composed of tiles materials.
—Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Even the bathrooms—lavishly stocked with Aesop products of every variety to enjoy in your enormous, high-pressure shower—are a thing of beauty, clad in salmon-pink tiles and decorated with sleek circular mirrors.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Lindsay tiled a bathroom in a sweeping mosaic of a woman in a green dress.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2024
Heather says her son can tile showers and backsplashes, hang drywall and install electrical outlet covers.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Tile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tile. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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tile
1 of 2 noun1
plural tiles or tile
a
: a flat or curved piece (as of fired clay, stone, or concrete) used especially for roofs or floors
b
: a pipe of earthenware used for a drain
2
: a thin piece of material (as linoleum or rubber) for covering floors or walls
tile
2 of 2 verb
tiled; tiling
: to cover with tiles
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