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shale oil


shale oil

noun

Definition of SHALE OIL

: a crude dark oil obtained from oil shale by heating

First Known Use of SHALE OIL

1857

Rhymes with SHALE OIL

coal oil, corn oil, fish oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, gas oil, night soil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, snake oil, sperm oil, subsoil, tung oil, white oil

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