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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shingle ¹

Noun

1. a thin rectangular tile laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall

2. a woman's short-cropped hairstyle

Verb

[-gling, -gled]

1. to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles

2. to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style [Latin scindere to split]

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shingle ²

Noun

coarse gravel found on beaches [Scandinavian]

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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 (on beach) → guijarras fpl

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shingle [ˈʃɪŋgl] n (on beach) → galets mpl;

(on roof) → bardeau m

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shingle [ˈʃɪŋgl] n (on beach) → Kiesel(steine) pl;

(on roof) → Schindel f

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shingle [ˈʃɪŋgl] n (on beach) → ciottoli mpl;

(on roof) → assicella di copertura

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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 (해안의) 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 鵝卵石 галька, голяк ساحل کے گھسے پتھر، سنگریزے đá cuội 鹅卵石