Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shingling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: shin-gling
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shingle

noun

The act of covering with shingles.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The increasing of the storage density of a hard disk by writing tracks that partially overlap.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shinglings (plural)

Phrases

w-shingling

Questions

What does shingling mean?: present participle and gerund of shingle

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