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
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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