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