The meaning of Shingle

Shingle – definition

noun
A mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore.
Usage examples:
A wonderful beach of fine shingle
noun
A rectangular wooden tile used on walls or roofs.
Usage examples:
Remove enough of the roof shingles, tiles, gravel, or other roofing material down to the tar paper.
noun
A woman's short haircut in which the hair tapers from the back of the head to the nape of the neck.
noun
A small signboard, especially one found outside a doctor's or lawyer's office.
Usage examples:
This is my only reason for justifying the shingle hanging outside in the boulevard.

verb
Roof or clad with shingles.
Usage examples:
Yesterday we fastened in the steel framework and shingled the roof
verb
Cut (a woman's hair) in a shingle.
Usage examples:
Women began to bob their hair immediately after the war and were shingling it by 1925

Shingle translation into English

Shingle: translate from English into Chinese

卵石, 鹅卵石, 砾石, 砾

Shingle: translate from English into Dutch

Kiezelsteen, Dakspaan, Naambord, Dakplankje, Plank, Met dakspanen dekken

Shingle: translate from English into French

Galets, Plaque, Coupe à la garçonne, Couvrir de bardeaux, Couper à la garçonne, Couvrir d'aisseaux

Shingle: translate from English into German

Schindel, Kies, Kiesel, Kieselstrand, Kieselsteine, Schild, Herrenschnitt, Bubikopf

Shingle: translate from English into Hindi

तख़्ती, चटकाना, पीटना, सिर के बाल महीन काटना, नाम का तख़्ता, तख़्ती, लकड़ी का पतला तख़्ता, पतला तख्ता, गोलगोल पत्थर या गोटिया जो समुद्र या नदी के किनारेपर हो, रोडे, तख़्ते जमाकर छत बनाना

Shingle: translate from English into Italian

Ciottoli, Scandola, Insegna

Shingle: translate from English into Korean

조약돌, 작은 간판, 싱글 컷, 연철 조각, 지붕널, 지붕널로 이다, 싱글 컷으로 하다, 두들기고 압축시켜 슬래그를 제거하다, 두들기고 압축시켜 불순물을 제거하다

Shingle: translate from English into Russian

Галька, Кровельная дранка, Гонт, Голыши, Вывеска, Коротко стричь волосы, Крыть дранкой, Обшивать гонтом, Короткая дамская стрижка, Крыть гонтом, Крыть щепой

Shingle: translate from English into Spanish

Guijarros, Tablilla, Placa, Playa de guijarros, Corte a lo garcon, Cortar a lo garcon, Cubrir con guijos

Word origin

Middle English (as a noun): apparently from Latin scindula, earlier scandula ‘a split piece of wood’.

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Shingle – similar words

shingles

noun
A mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore.
Usage examples:
A wonderful beach of fine shingle

verb
A rectangular wooden tile used on walls or roofs.

plural noun
A painful acute inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. it is caused by the same virus as chickenpox.
Usage examples:
Doug's symptoms might also have been caused by herpes zoster or shingles virus which can also affec…

All meanings and translations of Shingles

shingled

verb
Roof or clad with shingles.
Usage examples:
Yesterday we fastened in the steel framework and shingled the roof

adjective
Roofed or covered with shingles (rectangular wooden tiles)
Usage examples:
A tower surmounted by a shingled spire

adjective
(of a woman's hair) cut in such a way that the hair tapers from the back of the head to the nape of the neck.
Usage examples:
Her shingled blonde hair

All meanings and translations of Shingled

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