Building material used as siding or roofing.

synonym: shake.

Roget 330: powderiness^† [State of powder.], pulverulence^†; sandiness etc. adj.; efflorescence; friability.    powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule^†; crumb, seed, grain; particle etc. (smallness) 32; limature^†, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs^†, magistery^†, fine powder; flocculi [Lat.].    smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm.    [Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution^†, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction^†, contusion, trituration [Chem], levigation^†, abrasion, detrition, multure^†; limitation; tripsis^†; filing etc. v.. [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra^†, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern^†, quern^†, koniology^†.    ... show more

Roget 635: material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; adobe, brown stone; chinking; clapboard; daubing; puncheon; shake; shingle, bricks and mortar; metal; stone; clay, brick crockery etc. 384; compo, composition; concrete; reinforced concrete, cement; wood, ore, timber.    materials; supplies, munition, fuel, grist, household stuff pabulum etc. (food) 298; ammunition etc. (arms) 727; contingents; relay, reinforcement, reenforcement^†; baggage etc. (personal property) 780; means etc. 632; calico, cambric, cashmere.    ... show more

Polish: gont

Coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel).

A small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g..

Polish: wizytówka

Cover with shingles.