tile
noun
[ tʌɪl ]
• a thin rectangular slab of baked clay or other material, used in overlapping rows for covering roofs.
• "trees shook violently and tiles were dislodged from rooftops"
tile
verb
• cover with tiles.
• "the lobby was tiled in blue"
Origin:
Old English tigele, from Latin tegula, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover’.
on the tiles
• having a lively night out.
• "it won't be the first time he's spent a night on the tiles"
