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Meaning of shoal

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shoal

Pronunciation:/ʃɒʊl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.

  2. A shallow in a body of water.

verb

Definitions

  1. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.

  2. To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.

  3. To become shallow.

    Example: The colour of the water shows where it shoals.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Shallow.

    Example: shoal water

shoal

Pronunciation:/ʃɒʊl/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any large number of persons or things.

  2. (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.

verb

Definitions

  1. To collect in a shoal; to throng.

    Example: The fish shoaled about the place.