tile

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /taɪl/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈtaɪ.əl/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

Singular tile

Plural tiles

Tiles

A tile floor

1. (countable & uncountable) A tile is a hard flat building material, usually made of clay or glass.
   • Synonyms: piece, glass, stone, wood and ivory

   The new floor would be ceramic tile, and the tiles on the walls were being replaced.

   The walls were wood from the Lace Forest, the roof tiles made of molded riverbank clay.

Verb

Plain form tile

Third-person singular tiles

Past tense tiled

Past participle tiled

Present participle tiling

Tiling a floor

1. (transitive) If you tile a surface, you cover it with tiles.

Related words

• retile