English to English
shingle
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noun (n)
- coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.(noun)source: webster1913
- A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- cover with shingles(verb.contact)Example:
Shingle a roof.
source: wordnet30 - To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.(verb)source: webster1913
- To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.(verb)source: webster1913
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