tile
/taɪl/
noun
- A flat, thin piece of material (such as ceramic, stone, or vinyl) used to cover floors, walls, or roofs.
- The kitchen backsplash is made of glass tiles.
- A few roof tiles came loose during the storm.
- We chose blue ceramic tiles for the bathroom floor.
- A small, flat piece used in games like mahjong or Scrabble.
- She drew a blank tile in Scrabble and used it as a wildcard.
- He arranged his letter tiles to spell 'zebra'.
- In mahjong, each player starts with 13 tiles.
- A rectangular piece of data or image in a digital grid, such as on a map or in a computer game.
- The map app loads map tiles as you zoom in.
- The image editor lets you arrange photos in a tile layout.
- Each tile in the game represents a different terrain type.
Synonyms
verb
- To cover a surface with tiles.
- I learned how to tile a floor from online videos.
- We plan to tile the patio next spring.
- They hired a contractor to tile the shower walls.
- To arrange items (such as windows or images) in a grid pattern without overlapping.
- You can tile your open windows to see them all at once.
- He tiled the icons on his desktop into neat rows.
- The software tiles the photos on the screen for easy viewing.