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shale shakers

shale shakers is the plural of shale shaker.

Meaning of shale shaker

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").

Questions about shale shakers

What is shale shakers the plural of?
Shale shakers is the plural of shale shaker.

Words near shale shakers in the dictionary

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

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