tile
US /taɪl/
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 tiledescribing ceramic tile (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)
- Medium replace broken tilesto 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 tiledescribing acoustic ceiling tile (a remedy for hearing loss or deafness)
- Very Hard out on the tilesto out on the tiles, meaning to to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.