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TOEFL BNC: 15420 COCA: 11117

shingle

1 shingle /ˈʃɪŋgəl/ noun
plural shingles
1 shingle
/ˈʃɪŋgəl/
noun
plural shingles
Learner's definition of SHINGLE
[count]
: a small, thin piece of building material that is used to cover the roof or sides of a building木瓦;墙面板;屋顶板

hang out your shingle

US, informal
: to start your own business especially as a doctor or lawyer(尤指医生或律师)挂牌开业
compare 3shingle
2 shingle /ˈʃɪŋgəl/ verb
shingles; shingled; shingling
2 shingle
/ˈʃɪŋgəl/
verb
shingles; shingled; shingling
Learner's definition of SHINGLE
[+ object]
: to cover (something) with shingles用木瓦(或墙面板)覆盖
3 shingle /ˈʃɪŋgəl/ noun
3 shingle
/ˈʃɪŋgəl/
noun
Learner's definition of SHINGLE
[noncount]
: small stones that form a beach(海滩或河滩)粗砾
compare 1shingle

— shingly

/ˈʃɪŋgəli/ adjective
TOEFL BNC: 15420 COCA: 11117

shingle

1 of 3

noun (1)

shin·​gle ˈshiŋ-gəl How to pronounce shingle (audio)
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 3

verb

shingled; shingling ˈshiŋ-g(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce shingle (audio)

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 noun

shingle

3 of 3

noun (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 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

Time Traveler
The first known use of shingle was in the 13th century
TOEFL BNC: 15420 COCA: 11117

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