tile
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.
Other meanings
A rectangular graphic.
“Each tile within the map consists of 256 × 256 pixels.”
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
A kind of
- slab
Word history
From Old English "tiġele,tieġle,tiġle" (tile, brick).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tile” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.