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shale shaker

shale shaker noun: a component of drilling equipment used to remove large solids (cuttings) from the drilling fluid ("mud").

Noun

shale shaker (plural shale shakers)

  1. (oil industry) A component of drilling equipment used to remove large solids (cuttings) from the drilling fluid ("mud").

Forms of shale shaker

pluralshale shakers

Questions about shale shaker

What does shale shaker mean?
Shale shaker means a component of drilling equipment used to remove large solids (cuttings) from the drilling fluid ("mud").
What part of speech is shale shaker?
Shale shaker is a noun.
What is the plural of shale shaker?
The plural of shale shaker is shale shakers.

Words near shale shaker in the dictionary

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

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