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SHINGLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shingle" is a kind of...):

sign; signboard (structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("shingle" is a kind of...):

crushed rock; gravel (rock fragments and pebbles)

Derivation:

shingly (abounding in small stones)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Building material used as siding or roofing

Synonyms:

shake; shingle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("shingle" is a kind of...):

building material (material used for constructing buildings)

Derivation:

shingle (cover with shingles)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with shingles

Example:

shingle a roof

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "shingle" is one way to...):

roof (provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

shingle (building material used as siding or roofing)

shingler (a worker who shingles roofs)

shingling (the laying on of shingles)

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