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Rareshingle
The correct spelling is shingle.
How to pronounce shingle
noun
IPA: /ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/
Say it like: Shi-ngl-e
The correct spelling is shingle. 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.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.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 rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- 3.A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
- 4.A punitive strap such as a belt.
- 5.(by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
verb
- 1.To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
- 2.To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
- 3.To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- 4.To beat with a shingle.
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