tile UK /taɪl/US /ˈtaɪ.əl/noun 5verb 5forms 3 noun5 •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 Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top. •Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. •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. •(informal, old-fashioned) A stiff hat.Tile - Tile, a Hat. — 1865 verb5 •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. •To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. formstiled · tiling · tiles
