Associations to the word «Shale»
Noun
- Dike
- Antrim
- Exploration
- Rock
- Mineral
- Fracture
- Cement
- Pebble
- Oceanic
- Coke
- Quarry
- Assemblage
- Uplift
- Lower
- Mines
- Slope
- Char
- Acton
- Fischer
- Silica
- Lime
- Mud
- Wyoming
- Cliff
- Ppm
- Ledge
- Anvil
- Colorado
- Chunk
- Nitrogen
- Decomposition
- Ludlow
- Canberra
- Latham
- Chattanooga
- Fuel
- Residue
- Sulfide
- Shallow
- Sponge
- Rockies
- Greenhouse
- Reservoir
- Specimen
- Pipeline
- Boulder
- Viability
- Gully
- Intrusion
- Soil
- Karst
- Phosphate
- Extract
- Yield
- Bed
- Processing
- Vicinity
- Utah
- Plateau
- Gorge
- Boom
- Canyon
- Ash
- Alga
- Drill
- Dwight
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SHALE, noun. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
SHALE, noun. (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
SHALE, verb. To take off the shell or coat of.
SHALE GAS, noun. Natural gas extracted from shale.
SHALE OIL, noun. A synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale.
SHALE OIL, noun. A crude oil obtained from low permeability petroleum-bearing formations (shales), known as tight oil.
Dictionary definition
SHALE, noun. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.