Thesaurus: tile

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1. v. t. To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
2. n. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.
3. n. A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.
4. n. A plate of metal used for roofing.
5. n. A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
6. n. A draintile.
7. n. A stiff hat.
8. v. t. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
9. v. t. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
10. n. a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
11. n. a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
12. n. game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.