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tile

tile
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tahyl]
    • /taɪl/
    • /taɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tahyl]
    • /taɪl/

Definitions of tile word

  • noun tile a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment. 1
  • noun tile any of various similar slabs or pieces, as of linoleum, stone, rubber, or metal. 1
  • noun tile tiles collectively. 1
  • noun tile a pottery tube or pipe used for draining land. 1
  • noun tile Also called hollow tile. any of various hollow or cellular units of burnt clay or other materials, as gypsum or cinder concrete, for building walls, partitions, floors, and roofs, or for fireproofing steelwork or the like. 1
  • noun tile Informal. a stiff hat or high silk hat. 1

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Origin of tile

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English tīgele (cognate with German Ziegel) < Latin tēgula

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tile

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tile popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

tile usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for tile

noun tile

  • adobe — Adobe is a mixture of mud and straw that is dried into bricks in the sun and used for building, especially in hot countries.
  • carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
  • ceramic — Ceramic is clay that has been heated to a very high temperature so that it becomes hard.
  • flooring — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
  • linoleum — a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns.

verb tile

  • bricking — the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
  • cobblestone — Cobblestones are stones with a rounded upper surface which used to be used for making streets.
  • flagstone — Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
  • graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
  • macadamize — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.

Top questions with tile

  • how to grout tile?
  • how to tile a shower?
  • how to lay tile?
  • how to clean tile floors?
  • how to clean tile grout?
  • how to tile a floor?
  • how to remove tile?
  • how to cut glass tile?
  • how to install tile?
  • how to cut tile?
  • how to install tile floors?
  • how to tile a bathroom floor?
  • how to paint tile?
  • how to tile a shower wall?
  • how to tile a shower floor?

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