Shale
[ʃeɪl] or [ʃel]
Definition
(noun.) a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
Typed by Kevin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
(n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
(v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
n. a shell or husk.
n. clay or argillaceous material splitting readily into thin lamin?—adj. Shā′ly.
Editor: Maggie
Examples
- The best kind of gas made from mineral substances is produced by the distillation of a bituminous shale, called Boghead coal, which was discovered a few years since in Scotland. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The shop was built on a shale hill, and when the engine was started the whole hill shook with the high speed revolutions. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Checker: Zelig