shingle
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈʃɪŋɡəl
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Definition
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noun
A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
A small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
Building material used as siding or roofing
Coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
verb
transitive
To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
transitive
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
transitive
To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
transitive
To beat with a shingle.
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