OIL SHALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oil shale mean? 

• OIL SHALE (noun)
  The noun OIL SHALE has 1 sense:

1. shale from which oil can be obtained by heating

  Familiarity information: OIL SHALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OIL SHALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shale from which oil can be obtained by heating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("oil shale" is a kind of...):

shale (a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay)