Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarry tile

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: quar-ry tile
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very hard ceramic tile used e.g. as flooring, usually 1/2 to 3/4 inches (13 to 19 mm) in thickness, made by the extrusion process from natural clays or shales.

Example Sentences

"The public areas have blue quarry-tile floors, pale blue glass mosaic walls and pillars and varnished timber ceilings; [...]."

Inflected Forms

quarry tiles (plural)

Synonyms

quarrel

Questions

What does quarry tile mean?: A very hard ceramic tile used e.g. as flooring, usually 1/2 to 3/4 inches (13 to 19 mm) in thickness, made by the extrusion process from natural clays or shales.

How to pronounce quarry tile

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “quarry tile”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “quarry tile”.
Repeat and practice — Say “quarry tile” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.