pantile

pan·tile

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pan-tahyl]
- /ˈpænˌtaɪl/
- /ˈpæn.taɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pan-tahyl]
- /ˈpænˌtaɪl/

Definitions of pantile word

noun pantile a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile. 1
noun pantile a tapered, semicylindrical roofing tile laid either convex side up to overlap flanking similar tiles laid concave side up or vice versa. 1
noun pantile a roofing tile, with an S-shaped cross section, laid so that the downward curve of one tile overlaps the upward curve of the adjoining tile 0
noun pantile a tapering roofing tile with a semicircular cross section, laid alternately so that the convex side of one tile overlaps the concave side of adjoining tiles 0
noun pantile a roofing tile having an S curve, laid with the large curve of one tile overlapping the small curve of the next 0

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Origin of pantile

First appearance:

before 1630

One of the 42% oldest English words

First recorded in 1630-40; pan1 + tile

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Parts of speech for Pantile

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pantile

pantile popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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