/ taɪl; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
a flat, usually square, piece of baked clay , carpet or other material that is used in rows for covering walls and floors :
ceramic floor tiles
carpet tiles
2.
a piece of baked clay that is used in rows for covering roofs
3.
any of the small flat pieces that are used in particular board games
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IDIOMS
see night
■ verb [ vn ]
1.
to cover a surface with tiles :
a tiled bathroom
2.
( computing ) to arrange several windows on a computer screen so that they fill the screen but do not cover each other
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English tigele , from Latin tegula , from an Indo-European root meaning cover.