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- Dictionaryshoal/ʃəʊl/
noun
- 1. an area of shallow water: "we clawed our way out from the Bahamian shoals into the deep waters of the Atlantic"
verb
- 1. (of water) become shallower: "the water shoals reasonably gently, and the swimming is safe"
adjective
- 1. (of water) shallow: dialect North American "crabs will move to shoaler water when the current changes"
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Shoal is a noun that can mean a large group of fish, a large number of things or people, or a raised area of sand or rocks under the water. Learn how to use shoal in sentences and see translations in different languages.
- English (US)
SHOAL meaning: 1. a large number of fish swimming as a...
- Shoal Turkish Translation
SHOAL translate: balık sürüsü/akını, sürü, sığlık yer. Learn...
- Shoal: Ukrainian Translation
shoal - translate into Ukrainian with the English-Ukrainian...
- Shoal: Vietnamese Translation
SHOAL translate: đàn cá, chỗ nông, chỗ cạn. Learn more in...
- Shoal: Russian Translation
SHOAL translate: косяк, стая (рыбы) . Learn more in the...
- Shoal Spanish Translation
SHOAL translate: cardumen, banco, montón, bajío, banco de...
- English (US)
Shoal can mean a shallow place in water, a sandbank, a large group of fish or people, or a verb meaning to make shallow or sail into shallow water. Learn more about the word origin, usage and frequency of shoal in British and American English.
Shoal can be an adjective, noun, or verb meaning shallow, a sandbank, a sandbar, a crowd, or a school. Learn the etymology, synonyms, examples, and related words of shoal from Merriam-Webster.
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or above it, which poses a danger to navigation.
The noun shoal can be used to refer to a group of fish or an area of shallow water. So when you’re navigating a shoal in your row boat, you might look down and see a shoal of fish swimming out of the way.
Definition of shoal noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Shoal definition: a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow. See examples of SHOAL used in a sentence.