Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiling

/ˈtaɪlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: tiling
IPA: /ˈtaɪlɪŋ/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A covering of tiles.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of applying tiles.

Uncountable

noun

A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of tile

Example Sentences

"All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it."
"We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom."

Usage

Inflected Forms

tilings (plural)

Derived Forms

monotiling

Rhymes With

smiling filing styling piling beguiling riling whiling guiling

Questions

How do you pronounce tiling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtaɪlɪŋ/.
What does tiling mean?: A covering of tiles.

How to pronounce tiling

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