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# shingle

noun (shingle — beach stones, uncountable; a shingle, shingles — roof tile); noun (shingles — illness, uncountable)

«shingle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Small round stones on a beach, larger than sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#m1)
2. A thin flat piece of wood or other material laid in overlapping rows on roofs or walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#m2)
3. (US) A small sign outside a doctor's or lawyer's office: "hang out your shingle" means start your own business. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#m3)
4. "Shingles" (always plural form) is an illness causing a painful rash, caused by the same virus as chickenpox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons, shingle beaches like Chesil Beach in England are made of pebbles; waves shape them. In building, wooden or slate shingles cover roofs in North America and elsewhere. In health, shingles is a painful illness older people can get. Phrases: shingle beach, roof shingles, a bank of shingle, hang out a shingle.

### Examples

- The shingle beach crunched under our feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#x1)
- Waves rolled the shingle up and down the shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#x2)
- Some shingles blew off the roof in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#x3)
- The cabin has a wooden shingle roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#x4)
- Grandpa had shingles and needed rest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#x5)
- Brighton has a shingle beach, not a sandy one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/#x6)

### Note

Beach shingle is uncountable ("lots of shingle"). Roof shingles are countable. The illness "shingles" takes a singular verb: "Shingles is painful." Shingles is not the same as chickenpox, though the same virus causes both.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shingle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shingle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shingle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shingle.html) on Mova free.