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 Definitions of shale  [ʃeɪl]  

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Definition of 'shale' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) shale
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.

Etymology:  (1740–50)

Definition of 'shale' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) shale
a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay


Definition of 'shale' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) shale
a shell or husk; a cod or pod

2. (noun) shale
a fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure

3. (verb) shale
to take off the shell or coat of; to shell


Translation of 'shale' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: type of rock from which oil is sometimes obtained

Brazilian flag Brazilian: xisto Finnish flag Finnish: savuisuus Indonesian flag Indonesian: keadaan penuh asap
Korean flag Korean: 연기 남, 연기 참 Persian flag Persian: دود وهلى Thai flag Thai: ควัน; เขม่า
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 煙霧 Chinese flag Chinese: 烟雾性,烟熏程度

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