Tiling
//ˈtaɪlɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A covering of tiles. countable, uncountable
"All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it."
- 2 the application of tiles to cover a surface wordnet
- 3 The act of applying tiles. uncountable
"We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom."
- 4 A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps. countable, uncountable
- 5 A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of tile form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"In the Netherlands, it is the custom that, when during the construction of a house the highest point has been reached and the roof is ready for tiling, the client treats the construction workers to so-called "tile beer" to celebrate this. A flag is then placed on the ridge of the house. If the client is too stingy to treat, not a flag, but a broom is placed."
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