shale
IPA: ʃˈeɪɫ
noun
- A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
- (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
verb
- To take off the shell or coat of.
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Examples of "shale" in Sentences
- The amount of water it takes to get that oil shale is pretty much all the water we have.
- Bloomberg News Drilling in shale-gas formations, as here near Montrose, Pa., has contributed to a near-record U.S. supplies of natural gas.
- India plans to sign an initial agreement with the U.S. in shale gas exploration, as it prepares to auction blocks by the end of next year to tap the fuel source, top oil ministry officials said.
- MUMBAI -- India plans to sign an initial agreement with the U.S. in shale gas exploration, as it prepares to auction blocks by the end of next year to tap the fuel source, top oil ministry officials said Monday.
- Heating oil shale to a sufficiently high temperature will drive off a vapor which processing can distill (retort) to yield a petroleum-like shale oil-a form of non-conventional oil-and combustible shale gas (the term shale gas can also refer to gas occurring naturally in shales).
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