hollow tile

American  

noun

1. tile.

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Etymology

Origin of hollow tile

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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hollow tile

It is of hollow tile and stucco and cost about $100,000.

From The University of Michigan by Shaw, Wilfred

This may be accomplished by the use of hollow tile or concrete blocks or by any other form of double wall providing air spaces between the outer and inner facings.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

This if well done is probably safer than the layer of hollow tile.

From Marvels of Modern Science by Severing, Paul

When the Spreckels house was well on fire I knew, from its having an iron frame, hollow tile partitions, and stone outside walls, there would be no danger from the heat to my house.

From San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906 by Stetson, James B. (James Burgess)

A few of the best examples extant serve to indicate that houses of this sort have all the charm of the modern stucco structure built over hollow tile.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank