Collocations for "shingles"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shingles" in context.
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shingle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [put up, install, lay] (the) shingles
- lay shingles on the [roof, sides]
- putting shingles on the roof
- need to replace the (house's) shingles
- [clay, asphalt] shingles
- nail down the shingles
- has a case of shingles
- was diagnosed with shingles
- to [treat, prevent] shingles
- the shingle on the [beach, shore]
- [fine, rough, glistening] shingle
- the [beach] is [dotted, covered] with shingle
- a shingle [seabed, bank, beach]
- [replace, repair, mend] a shingle roof
'shingles' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):