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What (who) is Shingle - definition
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Shingle (disambiguation)
shingle
n.
small sign designating a professional office
(colloq.) (AE) to hang out one's shingle
shingle
(shingles)
1.
Shingle is a mass of small rough pieces of stone on the shore of a sea or a river.
...a beach of sand and shingle.
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2.
Shingles is a disease in which painful red spots spread in bands over a person's body, especially around their waist.
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shingle
shingle1
¦ noun a mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore.
Derivatives
shingly adjective
Origin
ME: of unknown origin.
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shingle2
¦ noun
1. a rectangular wooden tile used on walls or roofs.
2. dated a woman's short haircut, tapering from the back of the head to the nape of the neck.
3. N. Amer. a small signboard, especially one outside an office.
¦ verb
1. roof or clad with shingles.
2. dated cut (hair) in a shingle.
Phrases
hang out one's shingle N. Amer. begin to practise a profession.
Origin
ME: appar. from L. scindula, earlier scandula 'a split piece of wood'.
Examples of use of Shingle
1. "If you want shingle on the beach then you can go to Brighton.
2. It also destroys shingle habitat, which is used by some nesting birds. 8.
3. The sand and shingle was dredged up in Poole Harbour and put down on the beach.
4. So, we lug his booth over the shingle of Kessingland beach for an impromptu demonstration.
5. "But you cannot make that claim anymore because a part of it is shingle.