Synonyms for shingle

Most common

stone · shore · tile · gravel · stanners

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   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.

Related words

Word family

shingleback shingly

Phrases

shingle oak

Forms

Plural

shingles → beaches, stones, gravels, tiles…

Example sentences

• stone He alters the altar while chipping away the stone.
• shore Another ten minutes' walk brought us to the shore.
• tile The tile that fell from the roof broke into pieces.
• gravel Tom walked down the gravel road towards his farm.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

tile¹

5 letters

beach¹, stone¹, shore¹, shake¹

6 letters

gravel²

8 letters

stanners

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gravel² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

bardeau