shale
/ʃeɪl/ noun C2- A shell, scale or husk; a cod or pod.
- A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
- The shale oil and shale gas segment of the oil and gas industry.
Plural shales
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