shingle

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noun (1)

shin·​gle ˈshiŋ-gəl How to pronounce shingle (audio)
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: a small thin piece of building material often with one end thicker than the other for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building
2
: a small signboard especially designating a professional office
used chiefly in the phrase hang out one's shingle
3
: a woman's haircut with the hair trimmed short from the back of the head to the nape

shingle

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verb

shingled; shingling ˈshiŋ-g(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce shingle (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to cover with or as if with shingles
2
: to bob and shape (the hair) in a shingle
3
: to lay out or arrange so as to overlap
shingler noun

shingle

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noun (2)

1
: coarse rounded detritus or alluvial material especially on the seashore that differs from ordinary gravel only in the larger size of the stones
2
: a place strewn with shingle
shingly adjective

Examples of shingle in a Sentence

Verb a house shingled with cedar
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
On the exterior, the home features wood shake roofing / shingles. Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024 To exist in a world where they are hermetically sealed as just a single shingle for ghost extermination is not genuine after a 40-year span of being a part of New York City’s story. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024 At the same time, similar pattern recognition technology has the potential to help visually identify infections like shingles and rashes. Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024 The virus that causes chicken pox, for example, can trigger shingles many years later. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024 The shingle has repped fiolms from directors such as Abel Ferrara, Albert Serra, Hong Sangsoo, Philippe Garrel, Bi Gan, Jean-Charles Hue and Wang Bing. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024 The home’s outer structure has wood shake roofing / shingles. Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024 After several melting-freezing cycles, the water can work its way under shingles, according to the National Weather Service, causing significant damage. Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2024 For most, Belle Isle’s historic police station is nothing more than a shuttered brick building full of broken windows, falling blue shingles and chipping green paint. Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
Verb
The duo shingled strips of sirloin cooked sous vide in duck fat, garlic, thyme and rosemary between layers of blue cheese bacon mousse and braised short rib jam. The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024 Most notably, the unit is topped with a Cape Cod-style shingled cottage. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024 Except, that is, for a Cape Cod–style shingled cottage atop a red-brick building on the corner of 1st Street and First Avenue, which has just returned to the market for $9.75 million. A Seaside Cottage, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024 Western Digital already had a steep climb to win back NAS customers' trust after shipping NAS drives with SMR (shingled magnetic recording) instead of CMR (conventional magnetic recording). Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023 Thick slices of extra crispy, crackling pork belly were shingled over a thick kare-kare sauce. Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024 Continue shingling apple slices, working toward center of crust, until almost filled to the center. Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023 This option also includes a 100% Western Red cedar exterior finish and cedar shingled roof panels for an aesthetically pleasing finish. Laura Kristine Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023 The base, a thick Sicilian-esque crust, is topped with tomato sauce, salami and green bell peppers — and the whole shebang is shingled with slices of yellow American cheese, which is not the most photogenic finish. Emily Heil, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English schingel, alteration of Old English scindel, from Medieval Latin scindula, alteration of Latin scandula

Noun (2)

Middle English chyngell; akin to Middle Low German singel seashore gravel

First Known Use

Noun (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of shingle was in the 13th century

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Cite this Entry

“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shingle. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

shingle

1 of 2 noun
shin·​gle ˈshiŋ-gəl How to pronounce shingle (audio)
1
: a small thin piece of building material for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building
2
: a small sign
3
: a woman's short haircut
shinglelike
-ˌlīk
adjective

shingle

2 of 2 verb
shingled; shingling -g(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce shingle (audio)
1
: to cover with or as if with shingles
2
: to cut and shape the hair in a shingle

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