English dictionary

shingle

/'/S//I//N/g/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

building material used as siding or roofing

noun.substance

Synonyms shake

Source: WordNet 3.0
coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

noun.substance

Source: WordNet 3.0
a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

noun

Source: webster1913
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

cover with shingles

verb.contact

Examples
Shingle a roof.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To cover with shingles; as, to <i>shingle</i> a roof.

verb

Source: webster1913
To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.

verb

Source: webster1913