Meaning & use
retile
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To cover a surface, such as a floor or wall, with new tiles, replacing the old ones.
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We hired a contractor to retile the bathroom floor.
The kitchen was retiled after the pipes burst and cracked the original tiles.
A note on using this word
Formed with the prefix 're-' plus 'tile'; it is a practical, task-specific verb common in home-renovation contexts.
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