Shale

Morpheme

Shale

Type

free base

Denotation

shell, husk, scale, friable structure

Etymology

Middle English schale; Old English sċealu

Evidence

shale, shaled, shalelike, shaler, shales, shaley, shalier, shaliest, shaling, shaly, unshale

Doublet

Scale

See Also

Scale, Shel(l) [Shell, Shel], Sheal, Shiel

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