'Shingle' definitions:
Definition of 'shingle'
(from WordNet)
noun
Building material used as siding or roofing [syn: shingle, shake]
noun
Coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
noun
A small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
verb
Cover with shingles; "shingle a roof"
Definition of 'Shingle'
From: GCIDE
- Shingle \Shin"gle\, n. [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shingle'
From: GCIDE
- Shingle \Shin"gle\, n. [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v. t., Gr. ???, ???, shingle, ??? to slit.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [Jocose, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- Shingle oak (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shingle'
From: GCIDE
- Shingle \Shin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling.]
- 1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. [1913 Webster]
- They shingle their houses with it. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shingle'
From: GCIDE
- Shingle \Shin"gle\, v. t. To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shingle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch over,
- bank,
- barber,
- beach,
- beam,
- berm,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- billet,
- board,
- boarding,
- bob,
- breccia,
- brick,
- bridge,
- ceiling,
- clapboard,
- coast,
- coastland,
- coastline,
- coif,
- coiffure,
- conk,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- deal,
- debris,
- detritus,
- driftwood,
- eaves,
- embankment,
- extend over,
- face,
- firewood,
- foreshore,
- glass,
- glaze,
- grain,
- granule,
- granulet,
- gravel,
- grit,
- hang over,
- hardwood,
- housetop,
- imbricate,
- ironbound coast,
- jut,
- lantern,
- lap,
- lap over,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- lido,
- lie over,
- littoral,
- log,
- lumber,
- overarch,
- overhang,
- overhead,
- overlap,
- overlie,
- override,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- paper,
- penthouse,
- plafond,
- plage,
- plank,
- planking,
- playa,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- pompadour,
- post,
- process,
- puncheon,
- revet,
- ride,
- ridgepole,
- riverside,
- riviera,
- rockbound coast,
- roof,
- roof garden,
- roof-deck,
- roofage,
- roofing,
- roofpole,
- rooftop,
- rooftree,
- sand,
- sands,
- sea margin,
- seabank,
- seabeach,
- seaboard,
- seacliff,
- seacoast,
- seashore,
- seaside,
- shake,
- sheathe,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingles,
- shore,
- shoreline,
- sideboard,
- slab,
- slat,
- slate,
- slates,
- softwood,
- span,
- splat,
- stave,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stone,
- stovewood,
- strand,
- submerged coast,
- thatch,
- three-by-four,
- tidewater,
- tile,
- tiles,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- top,
- trim,
- two-by-four,
- veneer,
- wall in,
- wall up,
- wallpaper,
- waterfront,
- waterside,
- wave,
- weatherboard,
- wood