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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

shake roof

1. shake roof - building material used as roofing

2. shake v. - to move suddenly from side to side .....

How come shake #1 and #2 have quite different meanings?

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1. shake roof - A shake is a wooden shingle that is made from split logs. When these are used for covering the top of a house, the result is a shake roof.

— Benita

  • 1.
  • shake roof - A shake is a wooden shingle that is made from split logs.
  • When these are used for covering the top of a house, the result is a shake roof.
  • 2.
  • to shake - to shake a thing or a person, movement.
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1. shake roof -

A shake is a wooden shingle that is made from split logs. When these are used for covering the top of a house, the result is a shake roof.

2. to shake - to shake a thing or a person, movement.
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