Tyle vs. Tile

Tyleverb

to protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated

Tilenoun

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.

Tilenoun

(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.’;

Tilenoun

Any of various types of cuboid playing piece used in certain games, such as in dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.

Tilenoun

(dated) A stiff hat.

Tileverb

(transitive) To cover with tiles.

‘The handyman tiled the kitchen.’; ‘White marble tiled the bathroom.’;

Tileverb

(computing) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).

Tileverb

(comptheory) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.

Tileverb

To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.

‘to tile a Masonic lodge’; ‘tile the door’;

Tileverb

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

Tileverb

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

Tileverb

Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.

‘The muscle, sinew, and vein,Which tile this house, will come again.’;

Tilenoun

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.

Tilenoun

A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.

Tilenoun

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

Tilenoun

A draintile.

Tilenoun

A stiff hat.

Tilenoun

a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces

Tilenoun

a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing

Tileverb

cover with tiles;

‘tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom’;

Tile

Tiles are thin objects, usually square or rectangular in shape. A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass, generally used for covering roofs, floors, walls, or other objects such as tabletops.