shingle

• Sustantivo con varios significados: pieza delgada de material de construcción para techos o revestimientos; grava gruesa y redondeada por el agua en playas; o pequeño letrero que indica un consultorio profesional, como el de un médico o abogado.

A noun with multiple meanings: a thin piece of building material used for roofing or siding; coarse, waterworn gravel found on beaches; or a small signboard indicating a professional office, such as a doctor's or lawyer's.

1. Roofing or siding materialB1formal

   A thin, flat piece of wood, slate, or other material used to cover roofs or walls in overlapping rows.

   Teja o tablilla para techos y revestimientos

   • The old wooden shingles were replaced with modern asphalt ones.
   • A strong wind tore several shingles off the roof.
   • The house has beautiful cedar shingles on its exterior walls.

   Sinónimosshakeslatetile

2. Beach gravelB2formalbritish

   Small, smooth, water-worn stones and pebbles found on a beach, or a stretch of shore covered with such material.

   Cantos rodados de playa

   • The beach was covered in fine shingle, not sand.
   • We walked along the shingle, listening to the waves.
   • The shingle crunched under our feet as we approached the water.

   Sinónimosgravel

3. Professional signboardB2informalamerican

   A small signboard, typically displayed outside the office of a professional such as a doctor or lawyer.

   Placa profesional

   • The lawyer hung out his shingle and started his own practice.
   • She decided to hang her shingle as a therapist in the city center.
   • The old doctor's shingle still hangs above the door.

   Sinónimosdoorplatenameplatesignsignboard

• Cubrir un tejado o una pared con placas rectangulares superpuestas, generalmente de madera, asfalto o pizarra.

A verb meaning to cover a roof or wall with overlapping rectangular tiles, typically made of wood, asphalt, or slate.

1. Cover with shinglesB2formal

   To cover a roof or wall with overlapping rectangular pieces of material, such as wood, slate, or asphalt.

   cubrir con tejas

   • The workers shingled the entire roof in two days.
   • They hired a contractor to shingle the new house.
   • He learned how to shingle a roof from his father.