Shoal (Noun)
Meaning 1
A sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 2
A stretch of shallow water.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The river suddenly dropped away from our canoe and we found ourselves in a tranquil shoal.
- Care was taken not to damage the ship's hull in the shallow shoal surrounding the atoll.
- Navigation was hazardous through the dense shoal near the coastal reefs.
- On summer afternoons the family enjoyed a cooling wade in the sun-warmed shoal beside the waterfall.
- Weather forecasting made sailing possible on a tide so weak it revealed miles of silty shoal as an unseen presence far beyond what an expert map maker drew years earlier.
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Meaning 3
A large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.