flat clay roof tile

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• Tile — For other uses, see Tile (disambiguation). Decorative tilework in Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran early 17th century A tile is a manufactured piece of hard wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally …   Wikipedia

• tile — tilelike, adj. /tuyl/, n., v., tiled, tiling. n. 1. a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment. 2. any of various similar… …   Universalium

• Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… …   Wikipedia

• tile — I UK [taɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms tile : singular tile plural tiles a) a flat piece of baked clay or stone that is used for covering a roof b) a flat square piece of baked clay or another substance used for covering a wall or a floor… …   English dictionary

• tile — [[t]ta͟ɪl[/t]] tiles, tiling, tiled 1) N VAR Tiles are flat, square pieces of baked clay, carpet, cork, or other substance, which are fixed as a covering onto a floor or wall. Amy s shoes squeaked on the tiles as she walked down the corridor...… …   English dictionary

• tile — tile1 [ taıl ] noun count a flat piece of baked clay or stone that is used for covering a roof a. a flat square piece of baked clay or another substance used for covering a wall or floor: ceramic/vinyl tiles tile tile 2 [ taıl ] verb transitive 1 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• roof — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conical, flat, gabled, mansard, pitched, pointed, sloped (esp. AmE), sloping, steep ▪ corruga …   Collocations dictionary

• tile — tile1 S3 [taıl] n [: Old English; Origin: tigele] 1.) a flat square piece of baked clay or other material, used for covering walls, floors etc ▪ bathroom tiles 2.) a thin curved piece of baked clay used for covering roofs 3.) on the tiles …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tile — [taɪl] noun [C] I a flat piece of baked clay or stone that is used for covering a roof, floor, or wall II verb [T] tile [taɪl] 1) to cover a roof, floor, or wall with tiles 2) computing to arrange different WINDOWS on a computer screen so that… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• tile — 1 noun 1 (C) a flat square piece of baked clay or other material, used for covering roofs, floors etc: bathroom tiles 2 (C) a thin curved piece of baked clay used for covering roofs 3 go out on the tiles BrE informal to go out drinking, dancing… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tile — n. & v. n. 1 a thin slab of concrete or baked clay etc. used in series for covering a roof or pavement etc. 2 a similar slab of glazed pottery, cork, linoleum, etc., for covering a floor, wall, etc. 3 a thin flat piece used in a game (esp. mah… …   Useful english dictionary