Thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather.
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Examples for "shake"
Examples for "shake"
1A spokeswoman said Johnson family members wouldn't comment on the latest shake-up.
2Variety reports a couple of reasons for the shake-up: budget and storytelling.
3Hasty steps shake the staircase; the door opens precipitately; it is Andre.
4However, experts say the shake-up is some time away from yielding fruit.
5Barclays certainly needs some new people to shake up its brash culture.
1Fire flickered on the wooden shingles of a handful of roofs.
2Codes went lax, and many homes were still getting built with plain old wooden shingles.
3They dared not let up as their roof was made of wooden shingles and was particularly at risk.
4These perfect holds lead up to a wooden shingled roof, slightly angled and this night covered in snow.
5Four kinds of roofing materials have been excavated: Plain, flat, earthenware tiles; curved earthenware pantiles; slate; and wooden shingles.
1The roof was of thatch or narrow overlapping wood shingles.
2Sprawling and wood shingled, with attractive trims and balconies, some were nicely kept town-homes.
3Too late I realized I'd jumped to the inn's roof-no wood shingles here, but clay tiles slippery with rain.
4For their bridge floor they laid down wood shingles, and over that a mat made out of woven bamboo strips.
5Only tiles were used for roofing in London, because wood shingles were fire hazards and fires in London had been frequent.
6If you live in a wildfire zone and your roof is made of wood shingles, you need a new roof made of composite shingles.
Translations for wood shingle