Definizione monolingua

shingle

shingle (third-person singular simple present shingles, present participle shingling, simple past and past participle shingled)

1. (transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

shingle (plural shingles)

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 rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
3. 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).

Definizione dizionario shingle

assicella

ghiaia

tegola

Altri significati:

small, smooth pebbles

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.

to cover with shingles (building material)

(transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.

small, thin piece of building material

Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.

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).

(by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

A punitive strap such as a belt, as used for severe spanking

To lash with a shingle.