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For other uses, see Tile (disambiguation).

Mid-16th-century decorative tilework on theDome of the Rock, Jerusalem

A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such asceramic, stone, metal, or even glass, generally used for covering roofs, floors, walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops. Alternatively, tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials such as perlite, wood, andmineral wool, typically used for wall and ceiling applications. In another sense, a tile is a construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games (see tile-based game). The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of fired clay.

Tiles are often used to form wall and floor coverings, and can range from simple square tiles to complex mosaics. Tiles are most often made of ceramic, typically glazed for internal uses and unglazed for roofing, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, cork,concrete and other composite materials, and stone. Tiling stone is typically marble, onyx, granite or slate. Thinner tiles can be used on walls than on floors, which require more durable surfaces that will resist impacts.

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• 1Decorative tilework and colored brick
  • 1.1Islamic tiles
  • 1.2Western tilework
• 2Roof tiles
• 3Floor tiles
• 4Ceiling tiles
• 5Materials and processes
  • 5.1Ceramic
  • 5.2Pebble
  • 5.3Digital printed
  • 5.4Diamond etched
• 6Mathematics of tiling
• 7Further reading
• 8See also
• 9References

Decorative tilework and colored brick[edit]

Blue Turkish tiles

Imam Mosque in Iran

Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace

Decorative tilework should be distinguished from mosaic, where forms are made of great numbers of tiny irregularly positioned tesserae in a single color, usually of glass or sometimes ceramic.