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Shingle
Meaning
Noun
●
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
.
●
A
rectangular
piece
of
steel
obtained
by means of
a
shingling
process
involving
hammering
of
puddled
steel
.
●
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).
●
A
punitive
strap
such as a belt.
●
Any
paddle
used for
corporal
punishment.
●
Small,
smooth
pebbles
, as
found on
a beach.
Verb
●
To
cover
with small,
thin
pieces
of
building material
, with shingles.
●
To
cut
, as
hair
, so that the
ends
are
evenly
exposed
all
over the head
, like
shingles
on a roof.
●
To increase the
storage
density
of (a
hard disk
) by
writing
tracks
that
partially
overlap.
●
In Manufacturing:
To
hammer
and
squeeze
material
in order to
expel
cinder
and
impurities
from it,
as in
metallurgy.
●
To
beat
with a shingle.
Sourced from
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Origin
shingle
English
scincle
Middle English (1100-1500)
scindula
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Ingle
Tingle
Single
Mingle
Jingle
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