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Meanings of shingle in English

Portuguese
telha

Building material used as siding or roofing.

telha
Usage of shingle in English
1
The loose shingle crumbled about her feet; the seaweed trapped her everywhere.
The Swindler and Other Stories
2
Weston ran the canoe in upon the shingle before he answered her.
The Gold Trail
3
The shingle jumped and stirred in all directions as it was struck.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
4
On the shingle where the ripples washed in lay a boat, half-beached.
The Beach of Dreams: A Romance
5
The moon gave enough light to see the rising shingle behind him.
Blackwater
6
I hope you are entirely recovered from your misadventure on the shingle?
Jane and the madness of lord byron: being a jane austen mystery
7
The crash of footsteps on the shingle caught his ear once more.
No Name
8
The ground was sand, and easy to gouge up with the shingle.
Hell hath no fury
9
The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise.
The Mysterious Island
10
She was a considerable weight, and the shingle was deep and soft.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
11
He studied law for six weeks; when he put out his shingle.
Pushing to the Front
12
He stayed at Commander's for seven years before hanging his own shingle.
The reach of a chef: beyond the kitchen
13
It's a dizzying drop to the shingle beds and rapids far below.
The Guardian
14
The barest standing-room was afforded by a patch of shingle and detritus.
The Stowaway Girl
15
He carried his shingle in to Forester to show it to him.
Forests of Maine / Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowled...
16
It was not from the eaves, nor yet from a faulty shingle.
The Spoilers
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Shingle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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