shingle
/ˈʃɪŋɡəl/
verb
- To cover (a roof or wall) with shingles.
- We need to shingle the shed before winter comes.
- He learned how to shingle a roof from his father.
- They hired a crew to shingle the new garage.
noun
- A thin, flat piece of wood, asphalt, or other material used to cover roofs or walls in overlapping rows.
- The house had a beautiful cedar shingle exterior.
- The storm blew several shingles off the roof.
- They replaced the old wooden shingles with modern asphalt ones.
- A small signboard, especially one hung outside a doctor's or lawyer's office.
- After years of working for a firm, she finally put up her own shingle.
- The young lawyer hung out her shingle and started her own practice.
- You can see his shingle on the door of the old building.
- A beach or area covered with small, flat, water-worn stones or pebbles.
- We walked along the shingle, listening to the waves.
- Pebbles and shingle crunched under our feet as we approached the shore.
- The beach was made of smooth gray shingle instead of sand.