oil shale
горючий сланец
Ölschiefer
A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be…A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.
» Fracking is a type of geo-engineering to get oil out of shale.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.
Ölschiefer
горю́чий сла́нецgorjúčij slánec
shale from which oil can be obtained by heating
Examples
1 sentencesFracking is a type of geo-engineering to get oil out of shale.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
shale from which hydrocarbons can be produced:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
shale from which hydrocarbons can be produced:
Forms
plural: oil shales| Singular | oil shale |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonymskerogen shale
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedshale oil
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable