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noun
1.
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
2.
a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, especially one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.
adjective
3.
of little depth, as water; shallow.
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Shoal
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verb (used without object)
4.
to become shallow or more shallow.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cause to become shallow.
6.
Nautical. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).
Origin:
before 900; (adj.) Middle English (Scots ) shald, Old English sceald shallow; (noun and v.) derivative of the adj.
before 900; (adj.) Middle English (Scots ) shald, Old English sceald shallow; (noun and v.) derivative of the adj.
Synonyms
1. shallow, rapid, riffle. 2. reef.
1. shallow, rapid, riffle. 2. reef.
Example Sentences
- She pointed to a shoal where water came over rocks in a lip of white foam.
- Actually, minimal number of fish in a shoal which must know how to find food is always constant.
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noun
1.
any large number of persons or things.
2.
a school of fish.
verb (used without object)
3.
to collect in a shoal; throng.
Origin:
1570–80; earlier shole, probably < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōle, with sound-substitution of sh- for Low German skh-; compare school2
1570–80; earlier shole, probably < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōle, with sound-substitution of sh- for Low German skh-; compare school2
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World English Dictionary
| shoal1 (ʃəʊl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a stretch of shallow water |
| 2. | a sandbank or rocky area in a stretch of water, esp one that is visible at low water |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to make or become shallow |
| 4. | (intr) nautical to sail into shallower water |
| —adj | |
| 5. | a less common word for shallow |
| 6. | nautical (of the draught of a vessel) drawing little water |
| [Old English sceald | |
| 'shoaliness1 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
shoal
"place of shallow water," c.1300, from O.E. schealde (adj.), from sceald "shallow," from P.Gmc. *skala- (cf. Swed. skäll "thin;" Low Ger. schol, Fris. skol "not deep"). The terminal -d was dropped 16c.
EXPANDshoal
"large number" (especially of fish), 1579, apparently identical with O.E. scolu "band, troop, school of fish," but perhaps rather a 16c. adoption of cognate M.Du. schole, both from P.Gmc. *skulo- (cf. O.S. scola "multitude," W.Fris. skoal), perhaps with a lit. sense of "division," from PIE base *skel-
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
shoal  (shōl) Pronunciation Key
A submerged mound or ridge of sediment in a body of shallow water. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
shoal
accumulation of sediment in a river channel or on a continental shelf that is potentially dangerous to ships. On the continental shelf it is conventionally taken to be less than 10 m (33 feet) below water level at low tide. Shoals are formed by essentially the same factors that produce offshore bars. See sandbar.
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