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Noun: shingle  shing-gul
  1. Building material used as siding or roofing
    "The storm damaged several shingles on the roof";
    - shake [N. Amer]
     
  2. Coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
    "The sound of waves washing over the shingle was soothing"
     
  3. [N. Amer] A small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, etc.
    "The new attorney hung her shingle outside the downtown office building"
Verb: shingle  shing-gul
  1. Cover with shingles
    "shingle a roof"

Derived forms: shingles, shingled, shingling

Type of: building material, crushed rock, gravel, roof, sign, signboard

Encyclopedia: Shingle, California