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noun
The act of covering with shingles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The increasing of the storage density of a hard disk by writing tracks that partially overlap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of shingle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the laying on of shingles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trade, craft
noun
(geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rock, stone
History
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