burnt shale

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noun

carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making

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Words nearby burnt shale

burnt almond, burn the candle at both ends, burn the midnight oil, burn to a cinder, burnt offering, burnt shale, burnt sienna, burnt-tip orchid, burnt umber, burnup, burn your bridges behind you

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How to use burnt shale in a sentence

And that may well be what is happening in the Barnett Shale region around, yes, Dallas and Irving.
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For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.
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Thanks to the shale revolution, domestic oil production is soaring.
Why the Keystone XL Pipeline May Not Be Built|Robert Bryce|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I learned some things I can't unlearn: human kneecaps look like rocks; bones when burnt, shrink and twist.
Knowing Where the Bodies Are Buried: An Excerpt From 'Lives in Ruins'|Marilyn Johnson|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

What does the preciousness of our white flesh represent in contrast to burnt brown bodies created by our bombs?
Thank Goodness We’ve Got A Plan! Let the War Begin!|Michael Carson|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He noticed at the same time several burnt matches between his cushions and her chair.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The Dutch fleet attacked Burnt island, in Scotland, but were repulsed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
That night one of them endeavored to storm the magazine, burnt and plundered the station, and marched off towards Delhi.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Later on he became intensely critical of his own work, and finally bought up all the copies he could lay hands on and burnt them!
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay