tile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
  2. noun a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
    roofing tile.
  3. noun game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
  4. verb cover with tiles
    • tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom

WordNet

Tile transitive verb
Etymology
See 2d Tiler.
Definitions
  1. To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
Tile noun
Etymology
OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tiled ; present participle & verbal noun Tiling
Definitions
  1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
  2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
    The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house, will come again. Donne.

Webster 1913