liuske — meaning in English

English meaning

• flagstone noun A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
• shale noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.
• slate noun A fine-grained gray rock that splits easily into thin flat sheets, often used for roofing.

Senses

liuske is used for these senses in English:

• flagstone One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.
• 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.
• slate (uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

flagstone — full definition

1. noun A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
2. noun One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.

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.

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