Meanings
nountiling (countable and uncountable, plural tilings)
plural tilings
- countableuncountableA covering of tiles.
All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it.
- uncountableThe act of applying tiles.
We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom.
- countableuncountablegeometryA tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
- countableuncountablecomputerA technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tile
Translations
Bulgarian облицовка
- облицовка (oblicovka)covering of tiles
Catalan alicatat, alicatat
- alicatatcovering of tiles
- alicatatact of applying tiles
Finnish laatoitus, laatoitus
- laatoituscovering of tiles
- laatoitusact of applying tiles
French carrelage
- carrelagecovering of tiles
German Fliese, Kachel
- Fliesecovering of tiles
- Kachelcovering of tiles
- Fliesenlegenact of applying tiles
- Kachelnact of applying tiles
- Plattenlegenact of applying tiles
Spanish embaldosado, embaldosado
- embaldosadocovering of tiles
- embaldosadoact of applying tiles
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tiling
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Cite this entry
APA
tiling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiling
MLA
“tiling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiling.
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