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shingle

US/ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/ rare
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

building material used as siding or roofing

Synonyms
2.

coarse beach gravel of small water-worn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

3.

a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.

verb

1.

cover with shingles

  • “shingle a roof”

Origin

From Middle English shyngel, alteration of Old English sċindel, from Proto-West Germanic *skindulā, borrowed from Late Latin scindula, from Latin scandula, from Proto-Indo-European *sked- (“to split, scatter”), from *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of shindle.

Phrases

  • architectural shingle
  • asphalt shingle
  • dimensional shingle
  • hang a shingle
  • hang out one's shingle
  • shingle cap
  • shingle oak
  • shingle up
  • shit on a shingle
  • solar shingle
  • square tab shingle

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