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
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and
health to the bones.