tile
(noun) a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
tile
(noun) game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
tile, roofing tile
(noun) a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
tile
(verb) cover with tiles; “tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tile (plural tiles)
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
(computing) A rectangular graphic.
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
(dated) A stiff hat.
tile (third-person singular simple present tiles, present participle tiling, simple past and past participle tiled)
(transitive) To cover with tiles.
(GUI) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
(comptheory) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
tile (third-person singular simple present tiles, present participle tiling, simple past and past participle tiled)
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
• -lite, IELT, Tiel, lite, teil, tiel
Source: Wiktionary
Tile, v. t. Etym: [See 2d Tiler.]
Definition: To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
Tile, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
