OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5341

tile

/taɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alicatado • azulejo • baldosa • baldosín • loseta • teja
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.
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there…
tesela
A rectangular graphic.
Each tile within the map consists of 256 × 256 pixels.
Sprites and tiles that are hidden in the prototype ROM file can be recovered.
ficha
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
One hot summer day in the Chinese city of Nan-ning, I wandered through a park of lotus leaves and exotic flowers to a pagoda where ancient women sat, drowsily, happily playing mahj…
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 5342

tile

/taɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alicatar • azulejar • embaldosar • embaldosinar • poner azulejos a • tejar
To cover with tiles.
The handyman tiled the kitchen.
White marble tiled the bathroom.
Phrases