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Meaning
Noun
●
In Building materials:
A regularly-shaped
slab
of
clay
or other
material
,
affixed
to
cover
or
decorate
a
surface
,
as in
a roof-tile,
glazed
tile
,
stove
tile
,
carpet
tile
, etc.
●
In Computing & Building materials:
A
rectangular
graphic.
●
Any of various
flat
cuboid
playing
pieces
used in certain
games
, such as
dominoes
, Scrabble, or mahjong.
●
A
stiff
hat.
Verb
●
To
cover
with tiles.
●
In Graphical user interface & Building materials:
To
arrange
in a
regular
pattern
, with
adjoining
edges
(applied to tile-like
objects
,
graphics
,
windows
in a
computer
interface).
●
In Theory of computing & Building materials:
To
optimize
(a
loop in
program
code
)
by means of
the
tiling
technique.
●
In Freemasonry:
To
seal
a
lodge
against
intrusions
from
unauthorised
people.
●
To
protect
from the
intrusion
of the uninitiated.
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Origin
tile
English
tigele
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Sile
Gyle
Kyle
Kyle
Isle
Lyle
I'Ll
Pile
Nile
Kile
Wile
Vile
Mile
Rile
Bile
File
Tile
Smile
While
Stile
Style
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Guile
Chyle
Lisle
Nubile
Refile
Enisle
Argyll
Virile
Awhile
Defile
Bewile
Senile
Affile
Kabyle
Revile
Beguile
Restyle
Carlyle
Compile
Reptile
Gentile
Carlisle
Interfile
Japanophile
Tickler File
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