Synonyms for tile

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tahyl

Phonetic Transcription : taɪl

Définition of tile

Origin : Old English tigele "roofing shingle," from West Germanic *tegala (cf. Old High German ziagal, German ziegel, Dutch tegel, Old Norse tigl), a borrowing from Latin tegula "tile" (cf. Italian tegola, French tuile), from tegere "roof, to cover" (see stegosaurus). Also used in Old English and early Middle English for "brick," before that word came into use. The verb meaning "to cover with tiles" is recorded from late 14c.

noun slab

Example sentences :

I was thinking that accidents happen daily, that a foot may slip, a tile may fall.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

He sprang on the tile floor, saying to himself that he would be warm at night.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

There are eight or ten tile factories in Puebla, and one glass manufactory.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

He was perfectly straightforward about it—as straightforward as a tile falling on your head.
Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad

And the said frame, stage, and staircases to be covered with tile.
Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams

Hitherto Fra Lucas has been known only as the maker of tile pavements.
Extract from : « The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 » by Various

But it is bad when the head is cracked; when the roof of the commonwealth has a tile loose.
Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton

Mr. Quelson looked unhappy, and Tile sneered in a minor but audible key.
Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker

Other forms of brick and tile are not glazed at all, but are left porous.
Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson

Tile draining will improve the bed under almost any circumstances.
Extract from : « Making a Garden of Perennials » by W. C. Egan

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