tiles

plural of tile

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tiles With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane. Patchen Barss, Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiles
Noun
  • Below, San Angelo gives us several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, her best tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what to avoid when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Peels can create a huge mess in the drainpipes down the road.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The hydrants that the firemen were drawing from ran dry in the middle of the fight, Gonzalez said, and his colleagues had to leave the station in search of water.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Those hydrants were at Lehigh Avenue at Churchill Street, Lehigh Avenue at Dempster Street, the north side of Dempster Street halfway between Lehigh Avenue and Birch Avenue, and Dempster Street at Birch Avenue, the Facebook post states.
    Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The element that sets the 95-suite 679-foot ship apart is its signature Funnel Suite, reminiscent of the smokestacks of early-20th-century ocean liners.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
  • As environmental regulations limit the toxic output from smokestacks and tail pipes, particulate matter that could be absorbing or blocking incoming sunlight is being eliminated, leading to gradually warmer oceans.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Install storm shutters and stormproof glass in your windows, and fortify caulking and sealing around the house, including around pipes.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Inspectors observed a gap around the facility’s pipes beneath the three-compartment sink.
    Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Reports of waterspouts came from western Lake Erie and eastern Lake Ontario, according to the Centre.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Expect playful starters and elevated mains—black cod with red miso butter, tener wagyu steak frites with green peppercorn sauce, lobster malfadine in a rich tomato sauce, and the super flavorful pork belly sizzling rice.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Charlie hides a 75-lb (34-kg) lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery in a compartment beneath its oven, which can charge from the 120V mains socket ubiquitous in the US.
    Ian Baker August 26, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Since the reward switched between spouts, the mice had to adjust their strategy to get it right.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
  • There are also some rubber and silicone bath spouts that can be washed in the dishwasher.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Tiles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiles. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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