Definizione monolingua

shale

shale (third-person singular simple present shales, present participle shaling, simple past and past participle shaled)

1. To take off the shell or coat of.

shale (plural shales)

1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
2. (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
   • 2007 March 23, Patricia Leigh Brown, “The Window Box Gets Some Tough Competition”, New York Times:

     As on all large green roofs, the soil is not dirt exactly but a gravel-like growing medium of granulated pumice, shales, clays and other minerals.

Definizione dizionario shale

	scisto
	sedimentary rock

sasso

schisto

Altri significati:

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

To take off the shell or coat of.

A shell or husk; a cod or pod.