tile

tile
    n 1: a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or
         linoleum) used to cover surfaces
    2: a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing [syn: {tile},
       {roofing tile}]
    3: game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with
       characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble,
       etc.
    v 1: cover with tiles; "tile the wall and the floor of the
         bathroom"
    

Tile \Tile\, v. t. [See 2d {Tiler}.]
   To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile
   a Masonic lodge.
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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.
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   2. (Arch.)
      (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for
          flooring.
      (b) A plate of metal used for roofing.
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   3. (Metal.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or
      earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are
      fused.
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   4. A draintile.
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   5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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   {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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Tile \Tile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tiling}.]
   1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
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   2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
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            The muscle, sinew, and vein,
            Which tile this house, will come again. --Donne.
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84 Moby Thesaurus words for "tile":
      Tarmac, Tarvia, adobe, ashlar, asphalt, biscuit, bisque, bitumen,
      bituminous macadam, blacktop, board, bowl, brick,
      bricks and mortar, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, china,
      clapboard, clinker, cobble, cobblestone, concrete,
      covering materials, crock, crockery, curb, curbing, curbstone,
      edgestone, enamelware, face, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag,
      flagging, flagstone, flooring, glass, glaze, gravel, jug, kerb,
      kerbstone, lath, lath and plaster, macadam, masonry, mortar, paper,
      pavement, pavestone, paving, paving material, paving stone, plank,
      plasters, porcelain, pot, pottery, prestressed concrete,
      refractory, revet, road metal, roofage, roofing, shake, sheathe,
      shingle, siding, slate, stone, tarmacadam, thatch, tiling, urn,
      vase, veneer, wall in, wall up, walling, wallpaper, washboard,
      weatherboard