English-Thai Dictionary

tile

N แผ่น กระเบื้อง  กระเบื้อง  pan-kra-buang

 

tile

VT ปู กระเบื้อง  pu-kra-buang

 

tiler

N คน ปู กระเบื้อง  kon-pu-kra-buang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TILE

n.[L. tegula; tego, to cover; Eng. to deck. ] 1. A plate or piece of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings.
The pins for fastening tiles are made of oak or fir.
2. In metallurgy, a small flat piece of dried earth, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
3. A piece of baked clay used in drains.

 

TILE

v.t.To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house. 1. To cover, as tiles.
The muscle, sinew and vein.
Which tile this house, will come again.

 

TILE-EARTH

n.A species of strong clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Local. ]

 

TILED

pp. Covered with tiles.

 

TILE-ORE

n.A subspecies of octahedral red copper ore.

 

TILER

n.A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TILE

Tile, v. t. Etym: [See 2d Tiler. ]

 

Defn: To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

 

TILE

Tile, n. Etym: [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. (Arch. ) (a ) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b ) A plate of metal used for roofing.

 

3. (Metal. )

 

Defn: A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

 

4. A draintile.

 

5. A stiff hat. [Colloq. ] Dickens. Tile drain, a drain made of tiles. -- Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng. ] -- Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery. -- Tile ore (Min. ), an earthy variety of cuprite. -- Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks. -- Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.

 

TILE

Tile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling. ]

 

1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

 

2. Fig. : To cover, as if with tiles. The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house, will come again. Donne.

 

TILE-DRAIN

TILE-DRAIN Tile "-drain `, v. t.

 

Defn: To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.

 

TILEFISH

TILEFISH Tile "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps ) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.

 

Note: It was discovered off the Eastern coast of the United States in 188 , and was abundant in 1881, but is believed to have become extinct in 1882.

 

TILER

TILER Til "er, n.

 

Defn: A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles. Bancroft.

 

TILER

Til "er, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin, but probably from E. tile, n.]

 

Defn: A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. [Written also tyler. ]

 

TILERY

Til "er *y, n.; pl. Tileries. Etym: [From Tile; cf. F. tuilerie, fr. tuile a tile, L. tegula. ]

 

Defn: A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.

 

TILESEED

TILESEED Tile "seed `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Any plant of the genus Geissois, having seeds overlapping like tiles on a roof.

 

TILESTONE

TILESTONE Tile "stone `, n.

 

1. (Geol.)

 

Defn: A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.

 

2. A tile of stone.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tile

tile |tīl taɪl | ▶noun a thin rectangular slab of baked clay, concrete, or other material, used in overlapping rows for covering roofs. • a thin square slab of glazed ceramic, cork, linoleum, or other material for covering floors, walls, or other surfaces. • a thin, flat piece used in Scrabble, mah-jongg, and certain other games. • Mathematics a plane shape used in tiling. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be tiled ) cover (something ) with tiles: the lobby was tiled in blue. • Computing arrange (two or more windows ) on a computer screen so that they do not overlap. PHRASES on the tiles informal, chiefly Brit. having a lively night out: it won't be the first time he's spent a night on the tiles. ORIGIN Old English tigele, from Latin tegula, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover. ’

 

tilefish

tile fish |ˈtīlˌfiSH ˈtaɪlˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or tilefishes ) a long, slender bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas. [Several species in the family Malacanthidae (or Branchiostegidae ), in particular the large and edible Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps of the Atlantic coast of North America. ]

 

tiler

til er |ˈtīlər ˈtaɪlər | ▶noun 1 a person who lays tiles: a roof tiler. 2 the doorkeeper of a Masonic lodge, who prevents outsiders from entering.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tile

tile |tʌɪl | ▶noun a thin rectangular slab of baked clay or other material, used in overlapping rows for covering roofs. • a thin square slab of glazed pottery or other material for covering floors, walls, or other surfaces. • a thin, flat piece used in Scrabble, mah-jong, and certain other games. • Mathematics a plane shape used in tiling. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cover with tiles: the lobby was tiled in blue. • Computing arrange (two or more windows ) on a computer screen so that they do not overlap. PHRASES on the tiles informal, chiefly Brit. having a lively night out: it won't be the first time he's spent a night on the tiles. ORIGIN Old English tigele, from Latin tegula, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover ’.

 

tilefish

tile |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or tilefishes ) a long, slender bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas. ●Several species in the family Malacanthidae (or Branchiostegidae ), in particular the large and edible Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps of the Atlantic coast of North America.

 

tiler

tiler |ˈtʌɪlə | ▶noun 1 a person who lays tiles: a roof tiler. 2 the doorkeeper of a Freemasons' lodge, who prevents outsiders from entering.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tile

tile /taɪl /〖語源は 「覆い 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〖素材としては 不可算 〗(壁 床 屋根などの )タイル, かわら ; (建築用 )化粧タイル ; (陶製の )屋根がわら ▸ stone [ceramic, kitchen ] tiles 石 [陶製, 台所 ]のタイル ▸ tile walls タイル張りの壁 2 (下水用 )工管 .3 空洞れんが .4 ｟くだけて ｠シルクハット .5 (ゲーム用 )牌 （ぱい ）.be (ò ut ) [go ò ut ] on the t í les ｟英 くだけて ｠(飲み食いなどして )遊びまわる .動詞 他動詞 〈壁など 〉をタイル張りにする; 〈屋根 〉をかわらでふく .til er 名詞 C タイル [かわら ]職人 [製造人 ].

 

tiled

tiled 形容詞 タイル張りの ; かわらぶきの .