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burnt shale

Meaning of "burnt shale" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BURNT SHALE

burnt shale


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BURNT SHALE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Burnt shale is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BURNT SHALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of burnt shale in the English dictionary

The definition of burnt shale in the dictionary is 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.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BURNT SHALE

burnous · burnouse · burnoused · burnout · Burns · Burns Night · burns unit · burnside · burnsides · burnt · burnt almond · burnt lime · burnt offering · burnt orange · burnt sacrifice · burnt sienna · burnt sugar · burnt umber · burnt-out · burnt-tip orchid

WORDS THAT END LIKE BURNT SHALE

baleen whale · blue whale · Burgess Shale · exhale · grey whale · hale · humpback whale · inhale · killer whale · minke whale · oil shale · Omphale · pilot whale · right whale · shale · sperm whale · toothed whale · unshale · whale · white whale

Synonyms and antonyms of burnt shale in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «burnt shale» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BURNT SHALE

Find out the translation of burnt shale to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of burnt shale from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «burnt shale» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

页岩残渣
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

esquistos quemado
570 millions of speakers
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English

burnt shale
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

जला शीस्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصخر الزيتي المحروق
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

сожжены сланцевого
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

xisto queimado
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পোড়া পোড়ো
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

schiste brûlé
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Syal terbakar
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

gebrannter Schiefer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

焦げた頁岩
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

탄 셰일
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Serpihan obaran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá phiến cháy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

எரிந்த ஷேல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जळून खालचा भाग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Yanmış şeyl
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

scisto bruciata
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

spalony łupkowego
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

спалені сланцевого
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

șist ars
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καμένα σχιστόλιθου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebrande skalie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bränd oljeskiffer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brent skifer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of burnt shale

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BURNT SHALE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about burnt shale

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURNT SHALE»

Discover the use of burnt shale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to burnt shale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oil Shale
The amount of burnt shale in the cement is limited by the 35 % of the standard or by the SO3 content of the cement, which is limited to 4.5 %. The high sulfate content of the burnt shale is used to adjust the setting time of the concrete.
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
... owing to a possible fault in the area of burnt shale immediately to the left of the relatively steeply dipping strata shown on plate 8. If there is no significant break in that area, the base of the Palos Verdes Point section is estimated to be about ...
3
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Shale, dark-gray, burnt Shale, black, burnt Shale, gray, sandy, burnt. .... Shale, light-gray, mottled with faint pinkish tinge, burnt See footnote at end of table. DIAMOND-DRILL RECORDS — Continued Drillhole BDH 8— Continued Description 1 ...
4
Bulletin
1, which are identical in appearance and texture with the burnt shale found so abundantly in the bituminous areas of the Monterey on the north side of the Santa Maria field and in other fields in the State. Traces of petroleum were associated ...
5
Geology and Oil Resources of the Santa Maria Oil District, ...
1, in the Lompoc field, which are identical in appearance and texture with the burnt shale elsewhere. Traces of petroleum were associated with the upper stratum of burnt shale in this well. In numerous other wells in the Santa Maria field red ...
Ralph Arnold, Robert van Vleck Anderson, 1907
6
Oil Shale
This kind of application was employed in Estonia, Germany, and China. In Dotternhausen, Germany, for example, clinker (raw meal and oil shale) from the rotary kiln and hydraulic burnt shale from fluidised bed combustion unit together are ...
7
Concrete and Its Chemical Behaviour
The use of burnt shale for fill was formerly preferred to the use of unburnt shale because it was thought that clay minerals in the latter could swell under damp conditions and cause uplift to buildings. It is now considered that unburnt shale is  ...
Margi S. Eglinton, 1987
8
Euro-Cements: Impact of ENV 197 on Concrete Construction
3.1 Burnt Shale Burnt shale is produced by heating oil shale in a special kiln at a temperature of approximately 800°C and in some respects it can be regarded as similar in nature to blastfurnace slag. This results in the material being weakly ...
Ravindra Dhir, M.R. Jones, 2002
9
Lea's Chemistry of Cement and Concrete
2.1.1.7 Burnt shale (T) ENV 197-1“ states that: Burnt shale, specifically burnt oil shale, is produced in a special kiln at temperatures of approximately 800°C. Owing to the composition of the natural material and the production process, burnt ...
Peter Hewlett, 2003
10
Highways, Fourth Edition
It is available in two forms in coal-mining areas: unburnt shale (now called minestone), and burnt shale (burnt minestone) which resulted from the spontaneous combustion of coal particles within the spoil heaps. Shales, which are mainly ...
C. A. O'Flaherty, 2002

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BURNT SHALE»

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Wrexham slag-heap removal company in for the long haul
Bersham Glenside Ltd (BGL), which is behind work to remove six million tonnes of burnt shale from the former Bersham Colliery slag-heap near ... «LeaderLive, May 15»
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Five more years wanted to clear landmark slag heap near Rhostyllen
The huge mound of burnt shale, which is next to the A483, has become one of the region's most famous industrial landmarks. An application to ... «LeaderLive, May 15»
REFERENCE
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