hollow tile

hollow tile

[′häl·ō ′tīl] (materials) A hollow building block of concrete or burnt clay used for making partitions, exterior walls, or suspended floors or roofs. Also known as hollow block.

hollow tile

A structural clay tile unit with vertical hollow cells; used to build interior masonry partitions and as a backup block for brick veneer. See also: tile

structural clay tile

structural clay tile units A hollow masonry building unit composed of burnt clay, shale, fireclay, or mixtures thereof, having parallel cells or cores (or both) within a single tile.