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