Shale synonyms
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(Geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution
silt rock
A hardening or nonhardening material having a consistency similar to clay and used for modeling.
(Geol.) Matter deposited by water or wind
A hard, fine-grained, metamorphic rock, typically formed from shale, that cleaves naturally into thin, smooth-surfaced layers
mudstone (related)
A fine-grained, dark gray sedimentary rock, formed from silt and clay and similar to shale but without laminations.
schist (related)
phyllite (related)
marl (related)
quartzite (related)
limestone (related)
chert (related)
gritstones (related)
siltstone (related)
argillaceous (related)
claystone (related)
gneiss (related)
greywacke (related)
arenaceous (related)
breccia (related)
basalt (related)
schistous clay
Find another word for shale. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for shale, like: sedimentary-rock, rock, silt rock, clay, sediment, slate, mudstone, schist, phyllite, marl and quartzite.