shingle
3
4.6
- noun
- /ˈʃɪŋɡəl/
- UK
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- Her mother waved once, languidly, not smiling, and went back to picking up bits of shingle as they rolled away.
- shingle beach
- sand and shingle
- gravel and shingle
Examples
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"Let me know how you're doing," she said, bending over to pick up a stray piece of shingle blown from the roof in a recent windstorm.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tsutso steered the boat to a fringe of shingle.
Fiction book (1993) -
The houses at the ends of the street were in the worst shape, missing most of their roof shingles and sloughing off paint chips the way a tree sheds leaves.
Fiction book (1999) -
The front lawn was a neat, borderless rectangle; the driveway a short sweep of sandy-colored shingle.
Fiction book (2001) -
I jumped out and splashed ashore, hauling on the bowline, and dragged the boat up the gravel shingle until it rested on its oak skid.
Fiction book (1991) -
The children collected smooth, shiny stones from the shingle beach to take home as souvenirs.
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As she walked along the shingle shore, she enjoyed the sound of the pebbles crunching beneath her feet.
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They placed a blanket on the shingle to relax and watch the waves crash against the shore.
Synonyms
99
1.4
Small loose stones and pebbles used on paths or driveways
64
1.0
A small smooth rounded stone often found on a beach or riverbank
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Etymology
Shingle (noun, beach) for a mass of small stones probably comes from an old word for 'small pieces', so think of a beach covered in many little pieces of rock and you can see why that band of pebbles is called 'shingle'.