laminate vs tile

laminate

verb
  • To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic. 

  • To assemble from thin sheets glued together. 

  • To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling. 

  • To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates. 

noun
  • Material formed of thin sheets glued together. 

adj
  • Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated. 

tile

verb
  • To cover with tiles. 

  • To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people. 

  • To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. 

  • To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). 

  • To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. 

noun
  • Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. 

  • A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc. 

  • A rectangular graphic. 

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