tile
/ˈtaɪ.əl/noun, verb1 syllable
Tile means: a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing.
Synonyms for tile1
noun, as in a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
roofing tile
What does tile mean?4
noun
1
a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
2
a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
3
game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
verb
1
cover with tiles“tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with tile?14
Tile in a sentence
- The pool tile was disgusting looking, being full of gunk.swolesuki
- The head nurse came striding up, her leather heels clacking on the tile floor.Cangarejo
- Building materials can include tiles, carpet, blinds and tools.Source_VOA
- The tile that fell from the roof broke into pieces.hcbowman
- A broken roof tile fell next to us.Eccles17
- You cannot cover a house with a single tile.AmarMecheri
- Nobody can roof a house with a single tile.AmarMecheri
- The wind tore the ridge tile from me.AmarMecheri
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of tile
as a noun
- plural
- tiles
as a verb
- past tense
- tiled
- present participle
- tiling
- third-person singular
- tiles
- past participle
- tiled