shingle

shin·gle ¹  (shnggl)

n.

1. A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building.

2. Informal A small signboard, as one indicating a professional office: After passing the bar exam, she hung out her shingle.

3. A woman's close-cropped haircut.

v.tr. shin·gled, shin·gling, shin·gles

1. To cover (a roof or building) with shingles.

2. To cut (hair) short and close to the head.

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[Middle English, from Old English scindel, scingal, from Late Latin scindula, alteration of Latin scandula (influenced by scindere, to split).]

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shingler n.

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shin·gle ²  (shnggl)

n.

1. Beach gravel consisting of large smooth pebbles unmixed with finer material.

2. A stretch of shore or beach covered with such gravel.

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[Middle English.]

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shingly adj.

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shingle¹

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a thin rectangular tile, esp one made of wood, that is laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a woman's short-cropped hairstyle

3. US and Canadian a small signboard or nameplate fixed outside the office of a doctor, lawyer, etc.

a shingle short Austral informal unintelligent or mentally subnormal

vb (tr)

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style

[C12 scingle, from Late Latin scindula a split piece of wood, from Latin scindere to split]

shingler  n

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shingle²

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) coarse gravel, esp the pebbles found on beaches

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a place or area strewn with shingle

[of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian singl pebbles, Frisian singel gravel]

shingly  adj

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shingle³

vb

(Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) Metallurgy to hammer or squeeze the slag out of (iron) after puddling in the production of wrought iron

[from Old French dialect chingler to whip, from chingle belt, from Latin cingula girdle; see cingulum]

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Shingle pebbles collectively, 1598—Wilkes.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shingle - building material used as siding or roofing shake building material - material used for constructing buildings
	2.	shingle - coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) crushed rock, gravel - rock fragments and pebbles
	3.	shingle - a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. signboard, sign - structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted; "the highway was lined with signboards"
Verb	1.	shingle - cover with shingles; "shingle a roof" roof - provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof

Translations

shingle [ˈʃɪŋgl] N

1. (on beach) → guijarros mpl

2. (on roof) → tablilla f

3. (US) (= signboard) → placa f
to hang out one's shingle (fig) → montar or abrir la oficina

4. (o.f.) (= hairstyle) → corte m a lo garçon

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shingle [ˈʃɪŋg^əl] n

(on beach) → galets mpl

(on roof) → bardeau m

(US) (= sign) → enseigne f
shingle beach n → plage f de galets
shingle roof n → toit m de bardeaux

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shingle¹

n

(= tile) → Schindel f; (US inf: = signboard) → Schild nt; to put up one’s shingle (US) → ein Geschäft eröffnen; (doctor, lawyer) → sich niederlassen

(= hairstyle) → Herrenschnitt m, → Bubikopf m

vt

roof etc → mit Schindeln decken

hair → einen Herrenschnitt or Bubikopf machen (+dat)

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shingle²

n no pl (= pebbles) → Kiesel m, → Kieselsteine pl; (= shingle beach) → Kiesel(strand) m

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shingle [ˈʃɪŋgl] n

a. (on beach) → ciottoli mpl

b. (on roof) → scandola

c. (Am) (signboard) → insegna

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shingle

n shingle [ˈʃingl]

coarse gravel There's too much shingle and not enough sand on this beach. gruis حَصى ، حَصاة чакъл oblázky ral der Kies βότσαλο guijarro kivi-klibu تخته چوبي با سيماني sora (gros) cailloux שֶׁטָח אָבַנִים קְטָנות בַּחוֹף कंकड़ oblutak, šljunak nagyszemű kavics kerikil fjörumöl ghiaia, ciottoli 小石 조약돌, 자갈 aštrūs akmenukai oļi; rupja grants batu kerikil kiezel grus, singel ostry żwir seixo pietriş галька okruhliak, ploský kameň prod šindra []sten กรวดตามชายหาดหรือฝั่งแม่น้ำ çakıl taşı 小圓石 галька, голяк ساحل کے گھسے پتھر، سنگریزے đá cuội 鹅卵石