Tile
A shingle is different from a tile:
- A tile is made of a ceramic material and is hard and brittle, poorly suited for places where tree limbs can fall on a house's roof, but not subject to deterioration due to rotting.
- A traditional shingle is made of wood. Roofing material made of more modern material (e.g., asphalt composition, asbestos) is sometimes referred to as "shingles".
While tiles tend to last much longer than wood or asphalt shingles, they are brittle and prone to fracture. Walking on tiles can break them, requiring replacement or the roof will begin to leak.
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Famous quotes containing the word tile:
“through the Sumner Tunnel,
trunk by trunk through its sulphurous walls,
tile by tile like a men’s urinal,
slipping through
like somebody else’s package.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Man you ought to see his plans for allsteel buildins. He’s got an idea the skyscraper of the future’ll be built of steel and glass. We’ve been experimenting with vitrous tile recently... crist-amighty some of his plans would knock you out... He’s got a great sayin about some Roman emperor who found Rome of brick and left it of marble. Well he says he’s found New York of brick an that he’s goin to leave it of steel... steel an glass.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)