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Shingly meaning in English
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Shingly
see synonyms of shinglyAdjective
abounding in small stones
Example Sentences:'landed at a shingly little beach'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Shingly
see synonyms of shinglynoun
1.
a thin rectangular tile, esp one made of wood, that is laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall
2.
a woman's short-cropped hairstyle
3. US and Canadian
a small signboard or nameplate fixed outside the office of a doctor, lawyer, etc
4. a shingle short
verb (transitive)
5.
to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles
6.
to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style
noun
1.
coarse gravel, esp the pebbles found on beaches
2.
a place or area strewn with shingle
verb
(transitive) metallurgy
to hammer or squeeze the slag out of (iron) after puddling in the production of wrought iron
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Shingly
see synonyms of shingly noun Chiefly British
1.
large, coarse, waterworn gravel, as found on a beach
2.
an area, as a beach, covered with this
noun
1.
a thin, wedge-shaped piece of wood, slate, etc. laid with others in a series of overlapping rows as a covering for roofs and the sides of houses
2. US
a woman's short haircut in which the hair over the nape is shaped close to the head
3. US, Informal
a small signboard, esp. that which a physician or lawyer hangs outside his or her office
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈshingled or ˈshingling
4.
to cover (a roof, etc.) with shingles
5. US
to cut (hair) in shingle style
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈshingled or ˈshingling
to work on (puddled iron) by hammering and squeezing it to remove impurities
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Shingly
see synonyms of shinglyn.
1. Beach gravel consisting of large smooth pebbles.
2. A stretch of shore or beach covered with such gravel.
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