metal vs tile

metal

noun
  • Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy. 

  • A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. 

  • The rails of a railway. 

  • Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects. 

  • The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators. 

  • Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road. 

  • Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. 

  • A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold). 

  • The ore from which a metal is derived. 

  • An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium. 

  • The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war. 

adj
  • Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc. 

  • Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. 

verb
  • To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc. 

tile

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • A rectangular graphic. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • To cover with tiles. 

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