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How to pronounce “tile

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Pronunciation guide for tile

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of tile with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Healthy Cooking: The Forest Feast Gatheringsand tile, and rock, and just all kinds of textural backdrops.
Definition summary
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.

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How to pronounce tile

Healthy Cooking: The Forest Feast Gatherings

and tile, and rock, and just all kinds of textural backdrops.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “tile

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • 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.
  • (computing) A rectangular graphic.
  • Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
  • (dated, informal) A stiff hat.
  • (Lego building) A Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To cover with tiles.
  • (graphical user interface) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
  • (computing theory) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
  • (Freemasonry) To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.

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