noun a small flat piece of wood that is used to cover a roof or a wall
verb to cover with shingles
In construction, shingles can also refer to small pieces of material used for siding or covering walls.
In dermatology, a shingle is a colloquial term for herpes zoster, a viral infection that causes a painful rash.
In marketing, a shingle can refer to a short, catchy phrase used in advertising or branding.
In the field of artificial intelligence, a shingle can refer to a fixed-length, contiguous sequence of words used for text analysis and natural language processing.
In the field of roofing, a shingle refers to a small, flat piece of material that is laid in overlapping rows to cover a roof.
In the context of a writer, 'shingle' may refer to the act of starting one's own freelance writing business or publishing under their own name.
For a psychologist, 'shingle' could refer to the sign or symbol outside their private practice office indicating their profession and services.