pantile
/ˈpæntʌɪl/
pantile noun: a type of interlocking roof tile with a rounded under and over, giving it an elongated S-shaped (ogee) cross section.
Noun
pantile (plural pantiles)
- A type of interlocking roof tile with a rounded under and over, giving it an elongated S-shaped (ogee) cross section.
- The houses of the estancias shrank behind screens of poplar and eucalyptus. Some of the houses had pantile roofs, but most were of metal sheet, painted red.1977, Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia, Penguin Classics, published 2003, page 8
- All the gneiss roofing slates have vanished, to be replaced by pantiles painting patchworks of all possible orange hues.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 103
- A hat.
- "So you are a Quaker, master, are you?" he added, "Well, I thought somehow, by the cut of your pantile, (hat) you was something or other in that way."1830, Charles Cochrane, The Journal of a Tour Made by Señor Juan de Vega, page 243
- Hats or ordinary caps can be worn over them, and they are much used by the drivers of hack-carriages and horse-cars. Those who cannot afford a fur cap, ear-muff, or pantile, tie a handkerchief over their ears, […]1885, Good Words, volume 26, page 107
- A flat jam-covered cake.
- Of course unlike the officers we never got fresh bread, we got what came from barrels stored in the lower peak and under the steward's padlock. Pantiles baked brick hard, mouldy oats for skilly, dried peas for soup, embalmed pork and beef more fat and bone than meat.2013, Wayne Ward, Old Union, page 168
Verb
pantile (third-person singular simple present pantiles, present participle pantiling, simple past and past participle pantiled)
- To tile with pantiles.
pantile meaning in Tamil
pantile in Tamil
- அலையோடு, வளைவு ஓடு, வளையோடு
Forms of pantile
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pantiles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pantiles |
| present participle | pantiling |
| past participle | pantiled |
| past | pantiled |
Origin of pantile
From pan + tile.
Words formed from pantile
Phrases with pantile
Questions about pantile
- What does pantile mean?
- Pantile means a type of interlocking roof tile with a rounded under and over, giving it an elongated S-shaped (ogee) cross section.
- What is pantile in Tamil?
- Pantile in Tamil is அலையோடு, வளைவு ஓடு, வளையோடு. See Pantile meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pantile?
- Pantile can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pantile?
- Pantile is pronounced /ˈpæntʌɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pantile?
- The plural of pantile is pantiles.
Words near pantile in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pantile (page history and authors); pantile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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