tile

piastrella, tegola

Pezzo piatto di materiale duro usato per rivestire pavimenti, pareti o tetti.

In inglese semplice: A flat piece of hard material used to cover a floor, wall, or roof.

• One tile on the floor is broken.
• They replaced the old roof tiles.
• We chose blue tiles for the bathroom walls.

Espressioni comuni: floor tile, roof tile, ceramic tile, wall tile

tessera grafica

Immagine rettangolare che forma parte di un’immagine, una mappa o una schermata più grande.

In inglese semplice: A rectangular image used as one part of a larger picture, map, or screen.

• Each tile shows part of the map.
• The game loads new tiles as you move.
• This tile is missing from the image grid.

Espressioni comuni: map tile, image tile, tile size

piastrellare

Rivestire pavimenti, pareti o altre superfici con elementi piatti di materiali come argilla o pietra.

In inglese semplice: To cover a floor, wall, or other surface with flat pieces of material such as clay or stone.

• We plan to tile the kitchen floor.
• She tiled the bathroom walls herself.
• The builder will tile the shower tomorrow.

Come si usa: tile something with something (They tiled the wall with small blue squares.)

Espressioni comuni: tile a floor, tile a bathroom, tile with something

sorvegliare una loggia

Impedire a chi non è membro di entrare in una riunione di massoni.

In inglese semplice: To keep people who are not members from entering a Freemasons’ meeting.

• His duty was to tile the lodge.
• They tiled the meeting before the ceremony began.
• A member was appointed to tile the lodge that evening.

Sinonimi: guard

Espressioni comuni: tile a lodge, tile the meeting