shoal
IPA: ʃˈoʊɫ
noun
- A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
- A shallow in a body of water.
- Any large number of persons or things.
- (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
verb
- To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
- (transitive) To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
- To become shallow.
- To collect in a shoal; to throng.
adjective
- (now rare) Shallow.
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Examples of "shoal" in Sentences
- There are fish in shoal.
- The kids played near the shoal.
- The bay is shoal and sheltered from the wind.
- Lisianski Island lies in the northwestern part of the shoal.
- The shrine was founded in 1627 with reclamation of the shoal.
- The shoal in front of the fort is steep and extends to about.
- The shoal is shallow and makes access to the island difficult.
- The Lisianski Island lies in the nortwestern part of the shoal.
- The shaded waters of the bridge also attract shoals of perch and pike.
- The lighthouse served to mark the location of turbulent tidal waters and shoals.