tiling
tiling Lexical Profile
tiling Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action or work of laying tiles on a roof, floor, or wall.
"The contractor estimated that the bathroom tiling would take two full days to complete."
A surface, covering, or expanse composed of tiles collectively.
"Intricate blue ceramic tiling adorned the walls of the historic courtyard."
In geometry and mathematics, a covering of a flat plane using one or more geometric shapes with no overlaps and no gaps.
"The mathematician studied aperiodic tiling patterns that never repeat in a regular grid."
• Rhymes for tiling
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the verb 'tile' plus the suffix '-ing'; the root 'tile' derives from Old English 'tigele', an early borrowing from Latin 'tegula' (roof tile), which is related to 'tegere' meaning 'to cover'.
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