to shingle
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6.8
- verb
- /ˈʃɪŋɡəl/
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- It's a two-story, faded green-shingled building off Main Street, not far from the downtown shops.
- shingle the roof
Examples
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"Maybe a month and a half of shingling alone," he said.
Fiction book (1995) -
Given the fact that we were shingling, much of the house's exterior was already finished.
Blog text (4) -
"Will, you'll just have to shingle that roof, even if the bank doesn't get finished.
Fiction book (1992) -
The house itself had two stories, plus a sloping shingled roof.
Fiction book (2001) -
Man look at that house, isn't that nicely shingled?
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The hotel rooms began outside the back door of the lobby: twenty single-story, cedar-shingled rooms formed a giant L.
Fiction book (2001) -
Daylight was fading, and the gray shingled side of the house looked violet.
Fiction book (1998) -
Our small, shingled house was part of Bow Terrace, where the backyards sloped down to the river.
Fiction book (1994) -
Somewhere in Kansas, the house built by my ex-husband still stands, painted, insulated, and shingled.
Fiction book (1998) -
After the storm damaged the old roof, the workers had to shingle it again to prevent leaks.
Synonyms
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2.8
To cover a building with a top layer to keep out rain
1
6.2
To put new small flat pieces on a roof over old ones to keep water out
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4.5
To put a new roof on a building to replace an old or damaged roof
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Etymology
Shingle (verb) comes from an old word scindel meaning 'thin piece of wood' used as a roof tile, so to shingle a roof is to cover it with those thin pieces.