shingle
noun/ˈʃɪŋɡəl/
Frequency rank: #13,374 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a thin, flat piece of material (wood, slate, etc.) used to cover roofs or walls in overlapping rows.
Example sentence
After the storm, we found a broken shingle from the damaged roof lying in the yard.
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