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red shale

red shale noun: a sedimentary rock that is red in color due to the presence of iron oxide minerals.

Noun

red shale (countable and uncountable, plural red shales)

  1. A sedimentary rock that is red in color due to the presence of iron oxide minerals.

Forms of red shale

pluralred shales

Questions about red shale

What does red shale mean?
Red shale means a sedimentary rock that is red in color due to the presence of iron oxide minerals.
What part of speech is red shale?
Red shale is a noun.
What is the plural of red shale?
The plural of red shale is red shales.

Words near red shale in the dictionary

  1. red seaweed isopod
  2. red seaweed isopods
  3. red seaweeds
  4. red setter
  5. red setters
  6. red shale
  7. red shales
  8. red shank
  9. red shanks
  10. red shift
  11. red shifts

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