tile

tile

a rectangular block used as a playing piece in mah jong and other games
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Tile

A ceramic surfacing unit, usually thin in relation to the facial area; made from clay or a mixture of clay and other ceramic materials; has either a glazed or an unglazed face.

acoustic tile

Rectangular sound-absorbing tile, normally used as a ceiling, whether glued to a backing or used in a grid as a suspended ceiling.

ceramic mosaic tile

An unglazed tile, usually mounted on sheets to facilitate setting; may be composed of porcelain or natural clay.

clay tile

A roofing tile of hard, burnt clay. In flooring it is called quarry tile.

crest tile

A tile which fits like a saddle on the ridge of a roof.

encaustic tile

A tile for pavement and wall decoration, in which the pattern is inlaid or incrusted in clay of one color in a ground of clay of another color.

floor tile

A ceramic tile that can be used as a floor finish, such as encaustic tile, quarry tile, and glazed tile.

glazed tile

Ceramic tile having a fused impervious glazed surface finish, composed of ceramic materials fused into the body of the tile; the body may be nonvitreous, semi-vitreous, or impervious.

hollow tile

A structural clay tile unit with vertical hollow cells; used to build interior masonry partitions and as a backup block for brick veneer.

mission tile

A clay roofing tile, approximately semicylindrical in shape; laid in courses with the units having their convex side alternating up and down.

paving tile

Unglazed porcelain or natural clay tile, formed by the dust-pressed method; similar to ceramic mosaic tile in composition and physical properties, but thicker.

quarry tile

A dense, unglazed, ceramic tile, used most often for flooring.

ridge tile

A tile which is curved in section, often decorative, used to cover the ridge of a roof.

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tile

[tīl]

(materials)

A piece of fired clay, stone, concrete, or other material used ornamentally to cover roofs, floors, or walls.

A hollow building unit made of burned clay or other material.

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tile

1. A glazed or unglazed ceramic unit for finishing a surface; usually thin in relation to the dimensions of its face.

2. A surfacing unit of slate or of some other impervious composition; also see brick-tile, chimney tile, clay tile, corner tile, crown tile, Dutch tile, encaustic tile, fireplace tile, hollow clay tile, mission tile, pantile, ridge tile, rounded tile, Spanish tile, structural clay tile.

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tile

(1) For tile trackers, see Bluetooth tracker.

(2) To display objects in rows and columns. The Tile command in a graphical interface squares up all open windows and displays them in row and column order. See tile-based interface and cascading windows.

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