verb Download 🔗Share To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles. Examples : "The construction crew is shingling the roof of the new house. " architecture building material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof. Examples : "My grandma remembers when women were shingling their hair short and sleek in the 1920s. " appearance style body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy. Examples : "The blacksmith shingled the iron bar to remove impurities and make it stronger for the new horseshoe. " material process industry technical science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To beat with a shingle. Examples : "The farmer was accused of shingling the misbehaving calf to teach it a lesson. " action human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of covering with shingles. Examples : "The shingling of the new roof took the construction crew three days to complete. " architecture building material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles. Examples : "The newly installed shingling on the roof protected the house from the rain. " material building architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. Examples : "The blacksmith's expertise was evident in the final piece of wrought iron, achieved only after hours of painstaking shingling to remove all the imperfections from the heated metal. " material process industry technical machine work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading