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 fossil was found in the shale.
  • It is found in the same areas as the shale.
  • It is the most common fossil in the Burgess Shale.
  • So the quartz was deposited over the Martinsburg shale.
  • The section consists of limestone beds and calcareous shales.
  • Shale and sandstone can be found in the bottom of the valleys.
  • The oil shale delivered to the surface is retorted at the surface.
  • The village originated in the oil shale mining boom of the 19th century.
  • One of the families is correlative with Lower Carboniferous marine shales.
  • The clay loam, the predominant one, is developed from shales and sandstones.

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