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Noun: shingle  shing-gul
  1. Building material used as siding or roofing
    - shake
     
  2. Coarse beach gravel of small waterworn 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: shingle  shing-gul
  1. Cover with shingles
    "shingle a roof"

Derived forms: shingling, shingled, shingles

See also: shingler, shingling, shingly

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

Encyclopedia: Shingle