tile
noun
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
tilelike
-
a word derived from
tile.
Example Sentences
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Most of Cosbert’s pictures are checkerboard arrangements of tilelike squares, rendered loosely in multiple hues of sand-infused paint.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021
For example, in the small gallery devoted to the earliest works, we see that Mr. Koons first glamorized dime store items — mostly inflatable plastic flowers — by displaying them on tilelike mirrors.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2014
Michael Bauer adds tilelike black-and-white borders to a painterly tangle that evokes the liquidity of Wols and the precision of early Dalí.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2010
At the bottom is a large rope moulding, then three courses of tilelike bricks set diagonally.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
