Tile

:For the towns named Tile, see Tile, Somalia and Tile, Lebanon.

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Tile, Somalia - Tile, Lebanon

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A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, clay, stone, porcelain or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors, and walls, or other objects such as tabletops. The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of baked clay. Less precisely, the modern term can refer to any sort of construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games (see tile-based game).

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Ceramic - Clay - Stone - Porcelain - Glass - Roof - Floor - Wall - Tile-based game

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