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shale oil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
shale oil
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A crude oil obtained from low permeability petroleum-bearing formations (shales).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

shale oils (plural)

Phrases

shale gas

Frequently Paired Words

shale gas

Synonyms

tight oil

Questions

What does shale oil mean?
A synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale.

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