shingle
1 of 3noun (1)
shin·gle ˈshiŋ-gəl 
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 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
2 of 3verb
shingled; shingling ˈshiŋ-g(ə-)liŋ
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
ˈshiŋ-g(ə-)lər
noun shingle
3 of 3noun (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
ˈshiŋ-g(ə-)lē
adjective 
Example Sentences
Verb a house shingled with cedar
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
Phrases Containing shingle
Kids Definition
shingle 1 of 2
noun
shin·gle ˈshiŋ-gəl
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
shingle
2 of 2verb
shingled; shingling
: to cover with shingles
shingle 1 of 2
noun
1
as in marl
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- marl
- detritus
- sand
- silt
- gravel
- loess
- alluvium
- sediment
- mud
- colluvium
- clay
- mold
- dirt
- dust
- earth
- gley
- muck
- gault
- ground
- clod
- loam
- gook
- guck
- gumbo
- blackland
- topsoil
- duff
- kaolin
- humus
- mull
- subsoil
- substratum
2
as in shag
Synonyms & Similar Words
- shag
- bob
- trim
- buzz cut
- crop
- fade
- braid
- beehive
- bun
- plait
- crew cut
- chignon
- permanent
- perm
- pompadour
- conk
- upsweep
- pug
- Mohawk
- pigtail
- French twist
- big hair
- ducktail
- queue
- roach
- pageboy
- updo
- ponytail
- haircut
- comb-over
- coiffure
- hairdo
- cut
- hairstyle
- do
shingle
2 of 2verb
as in to overlap
Synonyms & Similar Words
- overlap
- overlay
- lap
- overspread
- overlie
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- buffalo leather
- buffalo moth
- buffalo nut
- buffalo pea
- buffalo plaid
- buffalo robe
- buffalo rye
- buffalo soldier
- buffalo thorn
- buffalo tree
- buffalo treehopper
- buffalo wallow
- buffalo weaver
- buffalo weed
- buffalo wing
- buffalo wolf
- buffaloberries
- buffaloed
- buffaloes
- buffalofishes
- buffaloing
- buffalonian
- buffalonians