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shale pit

shale pit noun: a quarry or mine where shale rock is mined.

shale pit: a quarry or mine where shale rock is mined
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Noun

shale pit (plural shale pits)

  1. A quarry or mine where shale rock is mined.
    • While shale pits and their ancillary undertakings are being run down, and some finally closed, the Winchburgh oil factory is still in operation, with its own surface rail system bringing in shale from neighbouring pits.1958 September, Anthony A. Vickers, “The Winchburgh Shale Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 612

Forms of shale pit

pluralshale pits

Questions about shale pit

What does shale pit mean?
Shale pit means a quarry or mine where shale rock is mined.
What part of speech is shale pit?
Shale pit is a noun.
What is the plural of shale pit?
The plural of shale pit is shale pits.

Words near shale pit in the dictionary

  1. shale
  2. shale gas
  3. shale gases
  4. shale oil
  5. shale oils
  6. shale pit
  7. shale pits
  8. shale shaker
  9. shale shakers
  10. shaled
  11. shaleionaire

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