shale oil

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   oil extracted from oil shale by heating

   Broaderoil

Questions about shale oil

What does shale oil mean?

shale oil means "oil extracted from oil shale by heating".

Is shale oil a common word?

shale oil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.