Definitions for shale
ʃeɪlshale

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shalenoun

   a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. shalenoun

   A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

2. shalenoun

   A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

3. shaleverb

   To take off the shell or coat of.

4. Etymology: schale 'shell, husk; scale', from scealu 'shell, husk, pod', from skalō (confer West Frisian skaal 'dish', Dutch schaal 'shell', German Schale 'husk, pod'), from (s)kelo- 'split, cleaved' (confer Lithuanian skalà 'splinter', Old Church Slavonic 'rock, stone', Albanian halë 'fish bone, splinter', Sanskrit 'small part'), from *(s)kel- 'to split, cleave' (confer Hittite iškalla 'to tear apart, slit open', Lithuanian skélti 'to split', Ancient Greek 'to hoe, harrow').

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shalenoun

   A husk; the case of seeds in siliquous plants.

   Behold yon poor and starved band,
   And your fair shew shall suck away their souls,
   Leaving them but the shales and husks of men. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shale

   Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. Shale is characterized by its tendency to split into thin layers (laminae) less than one centimeter in thickness. This property is called fissility. Shale is the most common sedimentary rock.The term shale is sometimes applied more broadly, as essentially a synonym for mudrock, rather than in the more narrow sense of clay-rich fissile mudrock.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shalenoun

   a shell or husk; a cod or pod

2. Shalenoun

   a fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure

3. Shaleverb

   to take off the shell or coat of; to shell

4. Etymology: [AS. scealy, scalu. See Scalme, and cf. Shell.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shale

   Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. The ratio of clay to other minerals is variable. Shale is characterized by breaks along thin laminae or parallel layering or bedding less than one centimeter in thickness, called fissility. Mudstones, on the other hand, are similar in composition but do not show the fissility.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shale

   shāl, n. clay or argillaceous material, splitting readily into thin laminæ.—adj. Shā′ly. [Ger. schale, a scale.]

2. Shale

   shāl, n. a shell or husk. [A.S. sceale.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shale

   Is a type of material.

   Some shale can be changed to oil or natural gas.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 9, 2015  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHALE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shale is ranked #118185 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shale surname appeared 147 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shale.
   
   63.9% or 94 total occurrences were White.
   14.2% or 21 total occurrences were Black.
   12.9% or 19 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   5.4% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Sedimentary Rock

Anagrams for shale »

1. hales

2. halse

3. heals

4. leash

5. Sahel

6. Selah

7. sheal

8. shela

How to pronounce shale?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shale in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of shale in a Sentence

1. Ron Ness:

   This is just an effort on OPEC's part to see if they can outlast shale oil exploration and production in the United States, it's a strong signal back to Congress that it needs to find a way to get that crude oil export ban eliminated.

2. George Kaknis:

   The more shale is produced out of the U.S., the more these guys are kept busy and the more the day rates go up.

3. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak:

   The prices will be determined by the production costs of shale oil.

4. Senator Heitkamp:

   We expect that they (U.S. shale producers) remain independent and do what's in the best interest of their country, we're not going to join OPEC, and we're going to be fiercely competing with them.

5. Natascha Engel:

   Shale gas could still have an exciting future in the UK but for that to be the case, the traffic light system needs to be reviewed quickly or the limits changed to reflect the measurements used in every other extractive industry, in the absence of that, a perfectly viable industry is wasted.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shale
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shale
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shale
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shale
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shale
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shale
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shale
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html