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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A rectangular graphic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
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noun
A stiff hat.
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Usage: dated, informal
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noun
A Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Lego building
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verb
To cover with tiles.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Freemasonry, lifestyle
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verb
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
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noun
a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: slab
Narrower terms: tessera
noun
game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: man, piece
noun
a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: roofing tile
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Broader terms: roofing material
Narrower terms: hip tile, hipped tile, pantile, ridge tile
verb
cover with tiles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cover
Narrower terms: tessellate
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dhlom Latin -ula Latin tēgulabor. Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ Proto-West Germanic *tigulā Old English tiġele Middle English tile English tile From Middle English tile, tyl, tigel, tiȝel, teȝele, from Old English tiġele, tieġle, tiġle (“tile, brick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā (“tile, brick”), from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ (“tile, brick”), from Latin tēgula, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Doublet of tegula. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tichel (“tile”), Dutch tichel (“brick”), tegel (“tile”), German Ziegel (“brick, roof tile”), Luxembourgish Zill (“brick, tile”), Danish tegl (“brick”), Faroese tigul (“tile”), Icelandic tigl (“brick, tile”), Norwegian Nynorsk tegl (“brick, roof tile”), Swedish tegel (“brick, tile”), Asturian teya (“tile”), Catalan teula (“tile”), French tuile (“tile”), Galician telha, tella (“roof tile”), Italian tegola (“roof tile”), Mirandese teilha (“roof tile”), Portuguese telha (“roof tile”), Spanish teja (“roof tile”), Belarusian цэ́гла (céhla, “brick”), Czech cihla (“brick”), Polish cegła (“brick”), Serbo-Croatian cígla (“brick”), Ukrainian це́гла (céhla, “brick”), Finnish tiili (“brick, tile”).
See tiler (“doorkeeper at a Masonic lodge”).
Across languages
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