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(shale) 1 syllables

Definition

noun. a type of rock made of clay and mud.

Example Sentence

They dug through the shale to get to the next layer of rock.

More Example Sentences

They discovered shale while digging.

Synonyms

rock; rock" class="word-page__definition-link">sedimentary rock; claystone

Antonyms

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Rhymes

  • ail
  • ale
  • bail
  • baile
  • bale
  • balle
  • bayle
  • beyl
  • braille
  • cail
  • cale
  • calle
  • crail
  • dail
  • daile
  • dale
  • dayle
  • dralle
  • fail
  • faile
  • flail
  • frail
  • gael
  • gail
  • gaile
  • gale
  • galle
  • gayle
  • grail
  • hail
  • haile
  • hale
  • heyl
  • jail
  • kael
  • kail
  • kale
  • lail
  • mail
  • maile
  • maille
  • male
  • mayle
  • nail
  • naill
  • nale
  • pail
  • paille
  • pale
  • pralle
  • quail
  • quale
  • quayle
  • rael
  • rail
  • raile
  • rayl
  • rayle
  • reil
  • sail
  • sale
  • salle
  • sayle
  • scale
  • schmale
  • shale
  • smail
  • smale
  • snail
  • staehle
  • stale
  • tail
  • tale
  • they'll
  • trail
  • vail
  • vaile
  • vale
  • valle
  • veil
  • wail
  • wale
  • weyl
  • whale
  • yale
  • zale

  • amell
  • ancell
  • assail
  • avail
  • barrell
  • bartell
  • bewail
  • borrell
  • cadell
  • capell
  • cardell
  • carrell
  • cartmell
  • carvell
  • correll
  • curtail
  • derail
  • detail
  • dorrell
  • entail
  • exhale
  • garrell
  • gorrell
  • impale
  • inhale
  • jamail
  • jarrell
  • jerrell
  • kvale
  • lavell
  • levell
  • macphail
  • marcell
  • mcgrail
  • mchale
  • mcphail
  • mikael
  • mikhail
  • modell
  • mortell
  • nadell
  • orrell
  • parcell
  • perrell
  • podell
  • portell
  • prevail
  • quesnell
  • radell
  • rafale
  • revell
  • savell
  • sumrell
  • surveil
  • tirrell
  • today'll
  • tramell
  • travail
  • unveil
  • verrell
  • withnail

  • avenell
  • averell
  • deverell
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