Associations to the word «Shale»

Wiktionary

SHALE, noun. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
SHALE, noun. (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
SHALE, verb. To take off the shell or coat of.
SHALE GAS, noun. Natural gas extracted from shale.
SHALE OIL, noun. A synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale.
SHALE OIL, noun. A crude oil obtained from low permeability petroleum-bearing formations (shales), known as tight oil.

Dictionary definition

SHALE, noun. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras