From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtilingtil‧ing /ˈtaɪlɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] TBCan area or surface covered with tiles, or the work of covering a surface with tiles
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tiling• I was in a large recording studio, walls and ceiling covered in acoustic tiling.• Blood from his head discoloured the blue tiling pattern of the plastic liner around him.• Then mount plasterboard or plywood over them as your surface for tiling.• With large areas of tiling, two things are vitally important.• The focal point for mealtimes is the large kitchen with its warm red quarry tiling and oak-fronted units.• New lighting was installed and the floor was brightened up with the use of terrazzo tiling.• My only complaint is that there seems to be no way of selecting a between a horizontal or vertical tiling split. 