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| shingle | |
| 1. sost. mattonella, tegola, asse | |
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| shingle | |
| 1. subst. A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building. |  |
| 2. subst. A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel. | |
| 3. subst. A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle). | |
| 4. v. To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles. | |
| 5. v. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy. | |
| 7. v. To beat with a shingle. | |
| 8. subst. A punitive strap such as a belt. | |
| 9. subst. (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment. | |
| 10. subst. Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach. | |
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