tile : Idioms & Phrases

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Crest tile

  • a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle.
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Draining tile

  • . Same as Draintile.
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Dutch tile

  • a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like.
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Encaustic tile

  • (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.
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Flap tile

  • a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip.
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Hip tile

  • noun a tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roof
    hip tile.
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  • a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.
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hipped tile

  • noun a tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roof
    hip tile.
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ridge tile

  • noun a decorative tile that is bent in cross section; used to cover the ridge of a roof
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roofing tile

  • noun a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
    tile.
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tile cutter

  • noun a cutter (tool for cutting) for floor tiles
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Tile drain

  • a drain made of tiles.
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Tile earth

  • a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. Prov. Eng.
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Tile kiln

  • a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
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Tile ore

  • (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite.
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Tile red

  • light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
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tile roof

  • noun a roof made of fired clay tiles
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Tile tea

  • a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.
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tile-drain

Tile"-drain` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
Webster 1913