[ˈʃɪŋɡl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore
(e.g: a wonderful beach of fine shingle)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin

[ˈʃɪŋɡl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rectangular tile used on walls or roofs

- a woman's short haircut in which the hair tapers from the back of the head to the nape of the neck

- a small signboard, especially one found outside a doctor's or lawyer's office


Phrases:
- a shingle short
- hang out one's shingle

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): apparently from Latin scindula, earlier scandula ‘a split piece of wood’

[ˈʃɪŋɡl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- roof or clad with shingles
(e.g: yesterday we fastened in the steel framework and shingled the roof)

- cut (a woman's hair) in a shingle
(e.g: women began to bob their hair immediately after the war and were shingling it by 1925)


Phrases:
- a shingle short
- hang out one's shingle

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): apparently from Latin scindula, earlier scandula ‘a split piece of wood’