shale

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃeɪl/

Noun

shale

1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

   • the green shales of a bean

2. (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

Related terms

• gneiss
• schist
• slate

Translations

• Spanish: cáscara, vaina

Translations

• French: schiste
• German: Tonschiefer
• Italian: scisto
• Portuguese: xisto
• Russian: сла́нец
• Spanish: esquisto, pizarra

Verb

shale (shales, present participle shaling; past and past participle shaled)

1. To take off the shell or coat of.

Synonyms

• shell

Translations

• French: écoquiller, décoquiller, écaler, décortiquer

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