İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. i. killi şist, killi yapraktaşı. katmanlarina ayrilabilen yumusak kaya, tortulu sist. i. killi şist, killi yapraktaşı. killi şist. şist, killi yapraktaşı.
2. killi yapraktaşı, şist.
3. katmanlarına ayrılabilen yumuşak kaya.
4. tortulu şist.

Etymology : probably from obsolete or dialect shale scale, shell, from Middle English, from Old English scealu; more at SHELL
Pronunciation : 'shA(&)l
Function : noun
Date : 1747

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1. sedimentary rock composed of extremely thin layers of silt and clay. bituminous shale.
2. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
3. A fine- grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
4. To take off the shell or coat of; to shell. a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
5. Shale is smooth soft rock that breaks easily into thin layers. a smooth soft rock which breaks easily into thin flat pieces. Any of a group of fine-grained, laminated sedimentary rocks consisting of silt-and clay-sized particles. Shale constitutes roughly 60% of the sedimentary rock in the Earth's crust. Shales are commercially important, particularly in the ceramics industry. They are a valuable raw material for tile, brick, and pottery and constitute a major source of alumina for portland cement. In addition, advances in recovery methods may one day make oil shale a practical source for liquid petroleum. Burgess Shale oil shale shale oil kerogen shales.