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Tile

/taɪl/

A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.

📖 Definitions of "Tile"

noun
  1. 1

    A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.

  2. 2

    A rectangular graphic.

    "Each tile within Google Maps consists of 256 × 256 pixels."

  3. 3

    Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.

  4. 4

    A stiff hat.

verb
  1. 1

    To cover with tiles.

    "The handyman tiled the kitchen."

  2. 2

    To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).

  3. 3

    To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.

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