shingle Meaning & Definition
What Does Shingle Mean?
Shingle is used as a noun meaning 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. It can also mean A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel. As a verb, it means To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles. As a verb, it means To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
Shingle: Key Facts
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/ |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Synonyms | shake |
| Plural | shingles |
| Verb forms | shingles, shingling, shingled |
Shingle Definition (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).
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Shingle as a 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.
Verb
- To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- To beat with a shingle.
Noun
- A punitive strap such as a belt.
- Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
Noun
- Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
- A beach or other shore covered with loose, smooth pebbles.
Noun
- (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
Synonyms of Shingle
Shingle synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
shingle (plural shingles)
shingle (third-person singular simple present shingles, present participle shingling, simple past and past participle shingled)
shingle (countable and uncountable, plural shingles)
Words That Rhyme With Shingle
Origin of Shingle
Origin 1: From Middle English shyngel, alteration of Old English sċindel, from Proto-West Germanic *skindulā, borrowed from Late Latin scindula, from Latin scandula, from Proto-Indo-European *sked- (“to split, scatter”), from *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of shindle.
Origin 2: From dialectal French chingler (“to strap, whip”), from Latin cingula (“girt, belt”), from cingere (“to girt”).
Origin 3: From Middle English shingel, chingel, singel (“gravel, pebbles”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål singel (“pebble(s)”), Norwegian Nynorsk singel (“pebble(s)”), and North Frisian singel (“gravel”), imitative of the sound of water running over such pebbles.
Pronouncing Shingle
Shingle is pronounced /ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/ and has 2 syllables, with the main stress on the first syllable (ʃɪŋ).
Questions People Ask About Shingle
Is shingle a noun or a verb?
Shingle is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is another word for shingle?
You can replace shingle with words such as shake. See the full list of shingle synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of shingle?
The plural of shingle is shingles.
What is the past tense of shingle?
The past tense of shingle is shingled. The present participle is shingling.