tiles

noun

plural of tile
as in drains

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Recent Examples of tiles The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane. — Patchen Barss, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025 With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiles
  1. drains
  2. drainpipes
  3. hydrants
  4. smokestacks
  5. pipes
  6. waterspouts
  7. mains
  8. spouts
Noun
  • Descaling and Unclogging Uses Use cleaning vinegar to unclog stubborn drains by adding 1 cup of baking soda to your drain followed by 1 cup of cleaning vinegar, says Dills.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Below, San Angelo gives us several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, her best tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what to avoid when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of drains
Noun
  • Kearns family pushes for change In the wake of the teen's death, the Kearns family pushed for Mason's Law, mandating the marking, guarding and grading of drainpipes in the state.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • His favorite example is capturing condensation from air conditioners, typically by placing a bucket under outdoor drainpipes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of drainpipes
Noun
  • This is the first year in a multiyear project in which about 6,800 hydrants will eventually be repainted.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • People pull out the barbecue, open fire hydrants, throw block parties.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of hydrants
Noun
  • Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the installation of a smoke filtration system, preliminary testing found that emissions from its boiler smokestacks exceeded Cambodia’s legal limits.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of smokestacks
Noun
  • Rather than relying on conventional coolant pumps, the company’s design uses heat pipes to transport thermal energy from the reactor core toward the power-conversion system.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • That brine flows back to the plant through underground pipes.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pipes
Noun
  • Some stronger storms could produce winds of 35 mph or higher, and waterspouts cannot be ruled out, particularly east of the system's center.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The National Weather Service had warned of waterspouts, tornado-like hazards that happen over water, in the area but wasn't able to immediately confirm a tornado on the beach.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of waterspouts
Noun
  • The device can deliver speedy phone charging and doubles as a mains power extension with a portable form factor that won’t eat up too much of your baggage allowance.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The sewer bond funds will be used to rehabilitate sewer mains, build additional green infrastructure and make upgrades to pump stations.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of mains
Noun
  • From flash flooding to water spouts turned tornadoes, August's weather has been particularly out-of-the-ordinary.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the pouring spouts are also located on the side of the lid instead of on top.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of spouts

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“Tiles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiles. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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