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burnt shale

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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