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Definitions for Tiles

[1] a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
[2] any of various similar slabs or pieces, as of linoleum, stone, rubber, or metal.
[3] tiles collectively.
[4] a pottery tube or pipe used for draining land.
[5] Also called hollow tile. any of various hollow or cellular units of burnt clay or other materials, as gypsum or cinder concrete, for building walls, partitions, floors, and roofs, or for fireproofing steelwork or the like.
[6] Informal . a stiff hat or high silk hat.
[7] to cover with or as with tiles.
[8] a flat thin slab of fired clay, rubber, linoleum, etc, usually square or rectangular and sometimes ornamental, used with others to cover a roof, floor, wall, etc Related adjective: tegular
[9] a short pipe made of earthenware, concrete, or plastic, used with others to form a drain
[10] tiles collectively
[11] a rectangular block used as a playing piece in mah jong and other games
[12] British old-fashioned , slang a hat
[13] on the tiles informal on a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
[14] (tr) to cover with tiles

Words related to Tiles

tilebrick, plate, shingle, slate, block, pantile

Words nearby Tiles

tiletilburg, tilbury, tilde, tilden, tildy, tile, tile field, tiled, tilefish, tiler, tilery

Origin of Tiles

before 900; Middle English; Old English tīgele (cognate with German Ziegel ) < Latin tēgula

Other words from Tiles

tile·like , adjective
re·tile , verb (used with object), re·tiled, re·til·ing.

Word origin for Tiles

Old English tīgele, from Latin tēgula; related to German Ziegel

Synonyms for Tiles

brick, plate, shingle, block, pantile, slate