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SHINGLING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The laying on of shingles

Example:

shingling is a craft very different from carpentry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shingling" is a kind of...):

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

Holonyms ("shingling" is a part of...):

building; construction (the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones)

Derivation:

shingle (cover with shingles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("shingling" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb shingle

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