Shale Synonyms

shāl
A kind of fine-grained, thinly bedded sedimentary rock formed largely by the hardening of clay: it splits easily into thin layers
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rock
  2. schistous clay
  3. clay
  4. silt rock
  5. sedimentary-rock
  6. sediment
  7. slate

Words Related to Shale

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Shale Sentence Examples

  • This time, she paid no attention to the shale or placing her feet right.

  • The scraping of leather against leather, the hollow clatter of stone and shale, the rustle of whatever creature settled behind her.

  • They were forced to slow their pace when the trail became covered with slippery shale and the path grew steeper.

  • They are at a depth of about 12 ft., in slaty shale containing Llandeilo fossils and contemporaneous felspathic ash and scoriae.

  • Romney shale 1000f 300

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