tile

Universal Words 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: We lost a few tiles in the storm. 3 any of the small flat pieces that are used in particular board games IDIOMS see NIGHT verb [VN] 1 to cover a surface with tiles: a tiled bathroom / roof 2 (computing) to arrange several windows on a computer screen so that they fill the screen but do not cover each other