OIL SHALE

Meaning of OIL SHALE in English

Geol.

a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.

[ 1870-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

OIL SHALE — noun Date: 1873 a rock (as shale) from which oil can be recovered by distillation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OIL SHALE — Any fine-grained sedimentary rock that contains solid organic matter ( kerogen ) and yields significant quantities of oil when heated. …
Английский словарь Британика
OIL SHALE — noun : shale from which oil may be produced by distillation
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OIL SHALE — Date: 1873 : a rock (as shale) from which oil can be recovered by distillation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OIL SHALE — Function: noun Date: 1873 : a rock (as shale) from which oil can be recovered by distillation
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OIL SHALE — ■ noun fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil can be extracted.
Concise Oxford English vocab
OIL SHALE — [oil shale] n (1873): a rock (as shale) from which oil can be recovered by distillation
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OIL SHALE — any fine-grained sedimentary rock containing solid organic matter that yields significant quantities of oil when heated. This shale oil, commonly …
Britannica English vocabulary
OIL SHALE — Any fine-grained sedimentary rock that contains solid organic matter ( kerogen ) and yields significant quantities of oil when heated. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OIL SHALE — нефтеносный сланец; битуминозный сланец, горючий сланец (геология) горючий сланец; битуминозный сланец
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OIL-SHALE — n геол . горючий сланец, битуминозный сланец
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OIL SHALE — Горючий сланец
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OIL SHALE — геол. горючий сланец; битуминозный сланец
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OIL SHALE — геол. горючий сланец; битуминозный сланец
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OIL SHALE — геол. горючий сланец; битуминозный сланец
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OIL SHALE — нефтеносный сланец; битуминозный сланец, горючий сланец
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
OIL SHALE — Горючий сланец
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
OIL-SHALE — [n.] [геол.] горючий сланец, битуминозный сланец
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
OIL-SHALE — n геол . горючий сланец, битуминозный сланец
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
OIL-SHALE — n геол . горючий сланец, битуминозный сланец
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OIL SHALE — нефтеносный сланец; битуминозный сланец, горючий сланец (геология) горючий сланец; битуминозный сланец
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHALE — (husk) cortice; (Geol.) schist; (gravel) gravie
English interlingue dictionary
SHALE — noun see: shell Date: 1747 a fissile rock that is formed by the consolidation of clay, mud, or silt, has …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHALE — I Any of a group of fine-grained, laminated sedimentary rock s consisting of silt-and clay-sized particles. Shale constitutes roughly 60% …
Английский словарь Британика
OIL — I Any greasy substance liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. It may be a fixed (nonvolatile) oil, an …
Английский словарь Британика
SHALE — I. ˈshāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OIL — I. ˈȯi]l dial ˈī]l, esp before pause or consonant ]əl\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHALE — (v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.
Английский словарь Webster
SHALE — (n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
Английский словарь Webster
SHALE — — shalelike, shaley , adj. /shayl/ , n. a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OIL — — oilless , adj. — oillessness , n. — oillike , adj. /oyl/ , n. 1. any of a large …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHALE — noun Etymology: probably from obsolete or dialect shale scale, shell, from Middle English, from Old English scealu — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHALE — noun a shell or husk; a cod or pod. 2. shale ·vt to take off the shell or coat of; …
Webster English vocab
SHALE — [shale] n [prob. fr. obs. or dial. shale scale, shell, fr. ME, fr. OE scealu--more at shell] (1747): a fissile …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHALE — any of a group of fine-grained, laminated sedimentary rocks consisting of silt- and clay-sized particles. Shale is the most abundant …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHALE — shale BrE AmE ʃeɪ ə l ▷ shales ʃeɪ ə lz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHALE — / ʃeɪl; NAmE / noun [ U ] a type of soft stone that splits easily into thin flat layers …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — / ɔɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a thick liquid that is found in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHALE — shale /ʃeɪl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scealu 'shell, scale' ] a smooth soft rock …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OIL — I. oil 1 S2 W1 /ɔɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: oile , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHALE — n. soft finely stratified rock that splits easily, consisting of consolidated mud or clay. øshale oil oil obtained from bituminous …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHALE — n. soft finely stratified rock that splits easily, consisting of consolidated mud or clay. shale oil oil obtained from bituminous …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OIL — n. & v. n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHALE — n. soft finely stratified rock that splits easily, consisting of consolidated mud or clay. Phrases and idioms: shale oil oil …
Oxford English vocab
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1. any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Oxford English vocab
SHALE — ( shales) Shale is smooth soft rock that breaks easily into thin layers. N-MASS
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — ( oils, oiling, oiled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Oil is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHALE — (~s) Shale is smooth soft rock that breaks easily into thin layers. N-MASS
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHALE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bring on those sheets of jagged shale , for at least they are firm! ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a computer/phone/oil etc company ▪ an international oil company an energy/oil/fuel crisis ▪ There …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHALE — n. Burgess Shale oil shale shale oil kerogen shales
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHALE — n. Any of a group of fine-grained, laminated sedimentary rock s consisting of silt-and clay-sized particles. Shale constitutes roughly 60% …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OIL — n. Arabian American Oil Company crude oil castor oil plant cod liver oil essential oil Gulf Oil Corp. Millikan oil …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OIL — Synonyms and related words : Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OIL — Of the numerous substances, animal and vegetable, which were known to the ancients as yielding oil, the olive berry is …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SHALE — сущ.; минер. глинистый сланец, сланцеватая глина (минералогия) глинистый сланец, сланцевая глина shale мин. (глинистый) сланец, сланцеватая глина
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OIL — I 1. сущ. 1) а) хим. масло (обык. минеральное) fixed oils, fatty oils ≈ жирные (нелетучие) масла volatile oils, essential …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHALE — shale.ogg ʃeıl n мин. глинистый сланец, сланцеватая глина
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OIL — oil.ogg 1. ɔıl n 1. масло ( обыкн. растительное или минеральное ) vegetable oil - растительное масло olive palm, cottonseed, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHALE — сланец - asphalt-bearing shale - kerogen shales - petroliferous shale - pyrobituminous shale
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
OIL — 1) масло ( растительное, минеральное, смазочное ) 2) смазывать( маслом); промасливать 3) масляный 4) нефть ( все жидкие углеводороды, получаемые …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SHALE — сланец - asphalt-bearing shale - kerogen shales - petroliferous shale - pyrobituminous shale
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
OIL — 1) масло (растительное, минеральное, смазочное) 2) смазывать( маслом); промасливать 3) масляный 4) нефть (все жидкие углеводороды, получаемые из скважин, и конденсаты, извлекаемые из …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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