I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a tiled floor
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There were a couple of oriental rugs on the tiled floor.
a tiled roof (= covered with pieces of baked clay )
floor tiles (= flat square pieces of clay or other material, used to cover floors )
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When you buy floor tiles, always get a few extra.
quarry tile
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ceramic
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Beautiful ceramic floor tiles make the public rooms a fresh and welcoming cool retreat in summer.
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Resilient sheet, ceramic tile , wood?
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The surface of ceramic wall tiles is no longer always highly glazed, as it traditionally was.
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I have used it to glue ceramic tile to a painted wall.
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The space shuttle uses specially designed ceramic tiles with very high thermal resistances to prevent conduction during re-entry.
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I noted walls of apple-green ceramic tile , long stainless-steel counters with lots of drawer space.
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It even works for ceramic floor tiles .,.
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The fresh colour scheme is continued with Pilkington's Avignon ceramic tiles , set in a diamond pattern.
glazed
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It is a clay used for making glazed tiles , wash basins and lavatory pans.
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The floor of this high-ceilinged, octagonal building still has its original glazed tiles .
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Built by the royal masons in 1250, it is octagonal and still has its original floor of glazed tiles .
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This 1900 pub has a tongue-and-groove dado, about which the walls are covered with glazed tiles .
■ NOUN
carpet
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Lifestyle carpet tiles in Pastiche, teamed with the Country border range, by Heuga.
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Carpets , carpet tiles or rubberised floors help to keep background noise low, allowing meaningful sounds to be more audible.
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The ground floor public rooms have parquet flooring with turkey-red Axminster carpet tile squares or strips.
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With the move came the carpet tile printing machines and the tile store.
clay
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The Clay Roofing Tile Council offers you a free technical advisory service on any aspect of the use of clay tiles .
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Today's Keymer hand made clay tiles use similar hand production methods.
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Each Keymer clay tile is a work of art, guaranteed one of a kind by the handprint of its maker.
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Fore those who aren't colour-shy, Fired Earth has more than 100 shades in its Haute Provence range of clay tiles .
floor
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Beautiful ceramic floor tiles make the public rooms a fresh and welcoming cool retreat in summer.
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Other uses include removing Artex, lifting vinyl floor tiles , killing weeds and sterilising soil, etc.
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Longer floor tiles in front of expensive items will make her feel more relaxed and expansive.
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It even works for ceramic floor tiles .,.
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It seeps between my toes and the cracks in the floor tiles .
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She came to the dining-room first, a vast, almost medieval room with heavy furniture set on terracotta floor tiles .
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Some had no floor tiles and their walls were crumbling.
quarry
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Suitable for kitchens only, quarry tiles or studded rubber are both attractive and hardwearing.
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And inside, the beams and quarry tiles are all original.
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Old quarry tiles can be covered as long as the surface is smooth and you are sure there is no risk of rising damp.
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Slate or quarry tiles and faded rugs complete the look.
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Traditionally, flooring is of flagstones or quarry tiles , softened by rugs or matting.
roof
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In some roofs tiles are hung on to the battens with only every third row nailed.
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Lay the slices, crumb side down, over the fruit, overlapping them slightly like roof tiles .
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Chimneys crashed to the ground, bringing roof tiles with them, but the insurance companies will replace those.
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Some 1,000 roof tiles , valued at about £300, were stolen.
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Careful examination of one roof tile revealed the impression of an animal paw-print.
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And yet with flexural and impact strengths comparable to the very highest quality conventional concrete roof tiles .
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Steetley Roofing Products has launched the Ashurst tile , an authentic clay roof tile that creates an instant weathered look.
vinyl
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Black and white vinyl tiles can look particularly effective, and hardboard or chipboard, painted or varnished, make cheap cover-ups.
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It can also be used to bed wood floor blocks, cork and vinyl tiles .
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The floor was covered with large red and white vinyl tiles , rubbed in ridges that betrayed the presence of flagstones underneath.
wall
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Mosaic wall tiles dominate one of the hall's bathrooms.
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The surface of ceramic wall tiles is no longer always highly glazed, as it traditionally was.
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They are generally thicker and harder-fired than wall tiles , to enable them to stand up to heavy wear without cracking.
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As with wall tiles , most retailers will break packs to help you buy economically.
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I withdrew into my reluctant imagination. 13 Anna lay back in the bath, staring at the wall tiles .
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Apart from the different sizes available the packaging of ceramic wall tiles is confusing, to say the least.
■ VERB
cover
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The houses are in a conservation area and have to be covered with slate roofing tiles .
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This 1900 pub has a tongue-and-groove dado, about which the walls are covered with glazed tiles .
lay
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To achieve a broadloom effect, lay the tiles with e arrows facing in the same direction.
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Why, in a day, he could scrape up that split linoleum, then lay down tiles as shiny as glass.
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Then he would work another shift from 7: 30 p. m. to 4 a. m., laying tiles at Muni stations.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But eventually he found one that was almost empty with tall arch windows and broken tiles about the floor.
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Carpet tiles, too, are suitable for d-i-yers, but do follow the maker's installation instructions.
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It was hot outdoors but the large, dark, stone and tile room was cool.
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Just inside the big double entrance doors were hundreds of tiles which never seemed to be sold.
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Their footsteps suddenly cracked like pistol shots as the carpet was replaced by plastic tiles.
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Thermal efficiency was improved by laying the area with insulating tiles.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
roof
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I've already tiled the roof , papered the rooms, fitted the stairs, installed electricity.
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The traditional houses of the living are low to the ground, topped by red tiled roofs .
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The chancel has a sloping tiled roof .
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Over their tiled roofs , gables and chimneys rose the minaret-like towers of a Romanesque church.
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It was a street of small secretive houses with tiled roofs .
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The exposition was a hit and so were the elaborate plaster ornamentation, wrought-iron grills and tile roofs .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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External walls will be re rendered and tiled.
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The dome is protected by a timber roof and is tiled on the exterior.