Defenition of the word shoal

• Defenition of the word shoal

  • Group of a large number of fish (or other sea animals, such as dolphins or whales), normally from the same species, that swim together.
  • A somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles.
  • full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters"
  • a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"
  • become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"
  • make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"
  • a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
  • a stretch of shallow water
  • a large group of fish
  • become shallow
  • make shallow

Synonyms for the word shoal

• • reefy
  • school
  • shallow
  • shelfy
  • shelvy
  • shoaly

Similar words in the shoal

• • shallow

Meronymys for the word shoal

• • fish

Hypernyms for the word shoal

• • alter
  • animal group
  • body of water
  • change
  • modify
  • sandbank
  • water

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