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shale pits

shale pits is the plural of shale pit.

Meaning of shale pit

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

Questions about shale pits

What is shale pits the plural of?
Shale pits is the plural of shale pit.

Words near shale pits in the dictionary

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

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