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tile

US /taɪl/

noun Advanced · C1 Nhà ở & bất động sản

Definition

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

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

They chose white tile for the kitchen floor during the renovation.

Word Family

NounNoun
tile gốc tiler tiling
VerbVerb
tile gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Collocations

  • Easy ceramic tile
    describing ceramic tile (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)
  • Medium replace broken tiles
    to replace broken tiles, meaning to substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
  • Hard acoustic ceiling tile
    describing acoustic ceiling tile (a remedy for hearing loss or deafness)
  • Very Hard out on the tiles
    to out on the tiles, meaning to to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

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