| Definitions of 'shingle' |
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1. (noun) shingle, shake
building material used as siding or roofing
2. (noun) shingle
coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
3. (verb) shingle
a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
4. (verb) shingle
cover with shingles
"shingle a roof"
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| Definitions of 'shingle' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) shingle
round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere
2. (noun) shingle
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
3. (noun) shingle
a sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle
4. (verb) shingle
to cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof
5. (verb) shingle
to cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof
6. (verb) shingle
to subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace
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