shale oil

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sheyl oil]
- /ʃeɪl ɔɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sheyl oil]
- /ʃeɪl ɔɪl/

Definitions of shale oil words

noun shale oil petroleum distilled from oil shale. 1
noun shale oil an oil distilled from shales and used as fuel 0
noun shale oil a dark mineral oil produced by the destructive distillation of bituminous shale 0

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Origin of shale oil

First appearance:

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

First recorded in 1855-60

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Parts of speech for Shale oil

noun

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adverb

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shale oil popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

shale oil usage trend in Literature

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