tile

US: /ˈtaɪɫ/
UK: /tˈa‍ɪl/


English Vietnamese dictionary


tile /tail/
  • danh từ
    • ngói (để lợp nhà)
    • đá lát; ca rôi, gạch vuông
    • (thân mật) mũ chóp cao
    • to have a tile loose
      • (xem) loose
    • on the tiles
      • (nghĩa bóng) đang trác táng
  • ngoại động từ
    • lợp ngói
    • lát đá; lát gạch vuông
      • tiled floor: sàn lát gạch vuông
    • bắt phải giữ bí mật

Advanced English dictionary


noun, verb
+ noun
1 a flat, usually square, piece of baked clay, carpet or other material that is used in rows for covering walls and floors: ceramic floor tiles + carpet tiles
2 a piece of baked clay that is used in rows for covering roofs: We lost a few tiles in the storm.
3 any of the small flat pieces that are used in particular board games
Idioms see NIGHT
+ verb [VN]
1 to cover a surface with tiles: a tiled bathroom / roof
2 (computing) to arrange several windows on a computer screen so that they fill the screen but do not cover each other

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

broken, damaged, loose, missing | decorative, glazed, hand-painted, plain | ceramic, clay, cork, mosaic, quarry, stone, terracotta, vinyl | carpet, ceiling, floor, roof/roofing, wall | bathroom, kitchen

VERB + TILE

cover sth with, fit, lay, put down
I'm laying ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen.


Concise English dictionary


tiles|tiled|tilingtaɪl
noun
+a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
+a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
verb
+cover with tiles