Tile

A discrete modular surface unit.

Where Tile sits among every term. Drag to turn; choose a dot to open it.

How it connects

Tile includes Subway tile.

Tile relates to Zellige, Modular and Mosaic.

Same word, another term: Tile in Product category.

Same word, another term: Tile in Material family.

In other taxonomies

tileWikidata, Q468402nearly the same
Uniclassno equivalent

In 1 of the 7 examples

Terrazzo tile

For developersRecord, identifiers and graph

Where it sits

One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term

Tile

13 terms, Area rug to Veneer

Narrower than Tile

Subway tile

The word “tile”

3 meanings

TileMaterial familyNo default
TileProduct categoryNo default
TileFormat, this termNo default

Record

Narrower: Penny round · Subway tile
Provenance: evidencedformat vocabulary in a furnishings retailer (src-03), read 25 Aug 2026

For machines

Permanent address

/id/format/tile

This termGET /v1/concepts/format/tile
The word, every meaningGET /v1/term/tile

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Knowledge graph

Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.

has-conceptFormatincoming
related-toZelligeincoming
has-conceptFormatincoming
related-toModularincoming
related-toMosaicincoming
broaderPenny roundincoming
broaderSubway tileincoming
belongs-to-axisFormatoutgoing
belongs-to-facetFormatoutgoing
narrowerPenny roundoutgoing
narrowerSubway tileoutgoing
related-toZelligeoutgoing
related-toModularoutgoing
related-toMosaicoutgoing

Derived hierarchy views

descendant (derived)Penny roundoutgoing
descendant (derived)Subway tileoutgoing

Crosswalks

External mappings and dated negative results for Tile
Scheme	Identifier	Their label, or the search	How close
Wikidata	Q468402	tile	nearly the same
Uniclass	no equivalent	searched 21 Oct 2026tile via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/search	none