tiles

noun

plural of tile
as in drains

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Recent Examples of tiles The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane. — Patchen Barss, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiles
  1. drains
  2. drainpipes
  3. hydrants
  4. smokestacks
  5. pipes
  6. waterspouts
  7. mains
  8. spouts
Noun
  • Descaling and Unclogging Uses Use cleaning vinegar to unclog stubborn drains by adding 1 cup of baking soda to your drain followed by 1 cup of cleaning vinegar, says Dills.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 25 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Definition of drains
Noun
  • Kearns family pushes for change In the wake of the teen's death, the Kearns family pushed for Mason's Law, mandating the marking, guarding and grading of drainpipes in the state.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • His favorite example is capturing condensation from air conditioners, typically by placing a bucket under outdoor drainpipes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of drainpipes
Noun
  • The loss of pressure in hydrants has happened before in wildfires, including the 2008 Freeway Complex fire, the 2017 Tubbs and Thomas fires, the 2018 Woolsey fire and the 2024 Mountain fire.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Firefighters reportedly found no working alarm, no suppression system, and three dead hydrants; the safety documents they’re legally entitled to see reportedly burned up in the blaze.
    — Petala Ironcloud, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of hydrants
Noun
  • At night, lights shine on the wreck, and flames will shoot from the smokestacks.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of smokestacks
Noun
  • Along the way, temperatures have grown hotter and pipes have gotten larger, both of which increase the electricity generated by each well.
    — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, an open letter from agency leadership warned against using federal funds to buy harm reduction supplies like sterile syringes and pipes, or to distribute test strips for common drug supply contaminants.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pipes
Noun
  • Some stronger storms could produce winds of 35 mph or higher, and waterspouts cannot be ruled out, particularly east of the system's center.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The National Weather Service had warned of waterspouts, tornado-like hazards that happen over water, in the area but wasn't able to immediately confirm a tornado on the beach.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of waterspouts
Noun
  • There’s a large selection of crudos and small plates as well as pasta dishes and heartier mains.
    — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The device can deliver speedy phone charging and doubles as a mains power extension with a portable form factor that won’t eat up too much of your baggage allowance.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of mains
Noun
  • From flash flooding to water spouts turned tornadoes, August's weather has been particularly out-of-the-ordinary.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the pouring spouts are also located on the side of the lid instead of on top.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of spouts

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“Tiles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiles. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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