Word: shales
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: shales
Definition: Plural of shale; a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
Morphemes:
Affix: shale
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: schale
Language: enm
Decoded: schale
Meaning: shell, husk; scale
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).