Meaning

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

noun a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing

noun game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.

originFrom Middle English tile, tyle, tigel, tiȝel, teȝele, from Old English tieġle, tiġle, tiġele (“tile, brick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā (“tile, brick”), from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ (“tile, brick”), from Latin tēgula, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Doublet of tegula. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tichel (“tile”), Dutch tichel (“brick”), tegel (“tile”), German…

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