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to tile

to tile

17 3.0
To cover a surface with flat hard pieces of material
  • verb
  • /taɪl/
translation icon : colocar baldosas
  • So they stripped them down and then we laid tile and and and grout in apartments in the summer in Florida.
  • tile the floor
  • tile the wall
  • tile the roof

And you know what, I'm not tiling the whole floor.

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Examples

  • Besides, Brain, how are we going to close the hole and tile it?

    Small Time Crooks (2000)

  • - I should tile my patio.

    I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)

  • - We tile it and we get out.

    Small Time Crooks (2000)

  • We decided to tile the whole room with these grey brick tiles.

  • We decided to tile the whole room with these grey brick tiles.

  • You can't tile this from the other side.

  • I should tile my patio.

Synonyms

to tessellate
vsto tile
8.7

To cover a surface with repeated shapes that fit without gaps or overlaps

focus on using separate pieces for decorative finishing rather than exact gapless fit

Compounds

tile roof
2 3.2

A roof covered with rows of clay tiles that overlap

ridge tile
  • UK
1 7.5

A shaped piece of material that covers the top ridge of a roof to keep out rain

roofing tile
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A thin flat or curved piece used to cover the top of a house and keep out rain

fishscale tile
7.5

A tile with overlapping curved shapes like fish scales for decorating walls

hip tile
  • Specialized
7.9

A roof piece that covers the outside sloping edge where two sides meet

hipped tile
  • Specialized
7.8

A tile that covers the roof corner where two sloping sides meet

tile cutter
3.4

A tool for cutting floor or wall tiles to the sizes you need

How Tiled

tiled
2.3
to tile
17 3.0

Surface Forms

tile infinitive
tiled past
tiled past participle
tiling present participle
tiles third person singular

Etymology

Tile as a verb comes from the noun tile and the old Latin tegula 'roof tile', so to tile means to 'cover' a surface with those flat pieces. That is why we say you 'tile' a floor or wall when you put tiles down.