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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.

A rectangular graphic.

Example: Each tile within Google Maps consists of 256 × 256 pixels.

Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.

A stiff hat.

To cover with tiles.

Example: The handyman tiled the kitchen.

To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).

To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.

To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.

Example: tile the door