tile
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Noun
- 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.
- A rectangular graphic.
- Each tile within the map consists of 256 × 256 pixels.
- Sprites and tiles that are hidden in the prototype ROM file can be recovered.
- Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
- A stiff hat.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top.
Verb
- To cover with tiles.
- The handyman tiled the kitchen.
- White marble tiled the bathroom.
- To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
- To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
- To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
Verb
- To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
- to tile a Masonic lodge
- tile the door
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