tile
English Thesaurus
1. a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | slab, |
| definition | : | block consisting of a thick piece of something (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | tessera, |
| definition | : | a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | tile roof, |
| definition | : | a roof made of fired clay tiles (noun.artifact) |
2. game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | man, piece, |
| definition | : | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games (noun.artifact) |
3. a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | roofing material, |
| definition | : | building material used in constructing roofs (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | hip tile, hipped tile, |
| definition | : | a tile shaped so as to cover the hip of a hip roof (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | pantile, |
| definition | : | a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | ridge tile, |
| definition | : | a decorative tile that is bent in cross section; used to cover the ridge of a roof (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | clay, |
| definition | : | a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired (noun.substance) |
4. cover with tiles (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | cover, |
| definition | : | provide with a covering or cause to be covered (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | tessellate, |
| definition | : | tile with tesserae (verb.contact) |
5. a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | tile, tile, |
| definition | : | cover with tiles (verb.contact) |
6. cover with tiles (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | tiling, |
| definition | : | the application of tiles to cover a surface (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | tile, |
| definition | : | a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | tiler, |
| definition | : | a worker who lays tile (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | roofing tile, tile, |
| definition | : | a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing (noun.substance) |
7. a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | tile, tile, |
| definition | : | cover with tiles (verb.contact) |
8. cover with tiles (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | tiling, |
| definition | : | the application of tiles to cover a surface (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | tile, |
| definition | : | a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | tiler, |
| definition | : | a worker who lays tile (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | roofing tile, tile, |
| definition | : | a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing (noun.substance) |
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