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tile
[tahyl] 
,noun, verb, tiled, til⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | any of various similar slabs or pieces, as of linoleum, stone, rubber, or metal. |
| 3. | tiles collectively. |
| 4. | a pottery tube or pipe used for draining land. |
| 5. | 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. |
| 6. | Informal. a stiff hat or high silk hat. |
–verb (used with object)
| 7. | to cover with or as with tiles. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE tīgele (c. G Ziegel) < L tēgula
bef. 900; ME; OE tīgele (c. G Ziegel) < L tēgula
Related forms:
tilelike, adjective
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| tile (tīl) n.
To cover or provide with tiles. [Middle English, from Old English tigele, from Latin tēgula, from tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Tile
Tile\, v. t. [See 2d Tiler.] To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.Tile
Tile\, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.]1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works. 2. (Arch.) (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b) A plate of metal used for roofing. 3. (Metal.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused. 4. A draintile. 5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Tile drain, a drain made of tiles. Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.] Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery. Tile ore (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite. Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks. Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.
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Language Translation for : tile
Spanish:
teja; baldosa, azulejo,
German:
der Ziegel,
Japanese:
タイル
tile (n.)
O.E. tigele "roofing shingle," from W.Gmc. *tegala (cf. O.H.G. ziagal, Ger. ziegel, Du. tegel, O.N. tigl), a borrowing from L. tegula "tile" (cf. It. tegola, Fr. tuile), from tegere "roof, to cover" (see stegosaurus). Also used in O.E. and early M.E. for "brick," before that word came into use. The verb meaning "to cover with tiles" is recorded from c.1375.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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