shoal meaning

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shoal (noun): a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide.

shoal has 5 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

shoal as a noun

  1. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

    Type of: sandbank

    Related forms: shoaly

  2. a stretch of shallow water

    Synonyms: shallow

    Type of: body of water

  3. a large group of fish
    • a school of small glittering fish swam by

    Synonyms: school

    Type of: animal group

shoal as a verb

  1. make shallow
    • The silt shallowed the canal

    Synonyms: shallow

    Type of: change

  2. become shallow
    • the lake shallowed over time

    Synonyms: shallow

    Type of: change

Scrabble score: 8 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SH · words ending in AL · 5-letter words

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