Tile
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Tiles are usually thin, square rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to
Art Nouveau tiles in Brussels (Belgium)
Relief made with glazed brick tiles, from the Achaemenid decoration of Palace of Darius in Susa.
Timurid turquoise-glazed muqarna. First half of the 15th century, Shah-i-Zinda
Phoenix on the portal of Nadir Divan-Beghi Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Tile-based game
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A tile-based game is a game that uses tiles as one of the fundamental elements of play. Traditional tile-based games use small tiles as playing pieces for gambling or entertainment games. Some board g
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…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, otherwise…
A game of dominoes
Colored polyomino tiles in Blokus
Carcassonne