Shale rock is a sedimentary rock made up of clay, compacted together by pressure.
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Sedimentary
//ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "sedimentary" (2 found)
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19 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- утаечен adj (composed of sediment)
Catalan
1 entries- sedimentari adj (composed of sediment)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 沉積成的 /沉积成的 adj (composed of sediment)
Finnish
3 entries- kerrostunut adj (composed of sediment)
- sedimentti adj (composed of sediment)
- sedimenttinen adj (composed of sediment)
French
1 entries- sédimentaire adj (composed of sediment)
Galician
1 entries- sedimentario adj (composed of sediment)
Italian
1 entries- sedimentario adj (composed of sediment)
Māori
1 entries- parataiao adj (composed of sediment)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sedimentær adj (composed of sediment)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sedimentær adj (composed of sediment)
Portuguese
1 entries- sedimentário adj (composed of sediment)
Romanian
1 entries- sedimentar adj (composed of sediment)
Russian
1 entries- оса́дочный adj (composed of sediment)
Spanish
1 entries- sedimentario adj (composed of sediment)
Turkish
3 entries- tortul adj (composed of sediment)
- tortulu adj (composed of sediment)
- tunmal adj (composed of sediment)
Sample sentences
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Sandstone is a kind of sedimentary rock.
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I can only think of two examples of sedimentary rocks.
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Sedimentary rock contains fossils because it was built up layer upon layer, often trapping and preserving animals, plants, footprints, and more within the layers of sediment.
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