shingle

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• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): en or /ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/

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Noun

Singular shingle

Plural shingles

1. (countable) A shingle is a small and thin piece of building material that has one end thicker than the other. It is used for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.

Verb

Plain form shingle

Third-person singular shingles

Past tense shingled

Past participle shingled

Present participle shingling

1. (transitive) If a person shingles a building, they cover with it with shingles.
2. (transitive) (metallurgy) If you shingle a material, you hammer and squeeze it in order to expel cinder and impurities from it.