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Shale
noun
/ʃeɪl/
Word Frequency:
2.5
Definitions
1.
noun
A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
2.
noun
A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
3.
verb
To take off the shell or coat of.
Synonyms
shell
tar
bituminous
slate
schist
blackboard
whiteboard
nolichucky
claystone
siltstone
argillite
phyllite
Rhymes With
wail
gale
avail
frail
assail
travail
prevail
entail
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