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Word: shingle
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A punitive strap such as a belt, as used for severe spanking
- A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- 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).
- 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.
- by extension Any paddle used for corporal punishment
- Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
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Verb:
- transitive|industry To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- To lash with a shingle.
- transitive To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
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