单词 | pantile |
释义 | pantile[ pan-tahyl ] / ˈpænˌtaɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pantile ON THESAURUS.COM nouna roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile. a tapered, semicylindrical roofing tile laid either convex side up to overlap flanking similar tiles laid concave side up or vice versa. Origin of pantileFirst recorded in 1630–40; pan1 + tile Words nearby pantilepanther fungus, pantie, pantie girdle, panties, pantihose, pantile, pantisocracy, pant leg, panto, pantofle, pantograph Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pantile
British Dictionary definitions for pantilepantile / (ˈpænˌtaɪl) / nouna roofing tile, with an S-shaped cross section, laid so that the downward curve of one tile overlaps the upward curve of the adjoining tile a tapering roofing tile with a semicircular cross section, laid alternately so that the convex side of one tile overlaps the concave side of adjoining tiles Word Origin for pantileC17: from pan 1 + tile Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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