esquist — meaning in English

English meaning

• shale noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.

Senses

esquist is used for these senses in English:

• schist Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
• shale (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

shale — full definition

1. noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.
2. noun Refers to the shale oil and gas industry.