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| tiles | |
| 1. n. plural of tile |  |
| tile | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| 2. n. (computing) A rectangular graphic. | |
| Each tile within Google Maps consists of 256 × 256 pixels. | |
| Sprites and tiles that are hidden in the prototype ROM file can be recovered. | |
| 3. n. Any of various types of cuboid playing piece used in certain games, such as in dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. | |
| 4. n. (dated) A stiff hat. | |
| 5. v. To cover with tiles. | |
| The handyman tiled the kitchen. | |
| White marble tiled the bathroom. | |
| 6. v. (computing) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). | |
| 7. v. (comptheory) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. | |
| 8. v. To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. | |
| to tile a Masonic lodge | |
| tile the door | |
