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Uncommontiles
The correct spelling is tiles.
How to pronounce tiles
noun
Say it like: Til-es
The correct spelling is tiles. 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. For example: "Each tile within Google Maps consists of 256 × 256 pixels."
Usage Examples
“Each tile within Google Maps consists of 256 × 256 pixels.”
“The handyman tiled the kitchen.”
“tile the door”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.A rectangular graphic.
- 3.Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
- 4.A stiff hat.
verb
- 1.To cover with tiles.
- 2.To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
- 3.To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
- 4.To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
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