shoal

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

2. (noun) a stretch of shallow water
Synonyms: shallow
Related Words: body of water, water

3. (verb) become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"
Synonyms: shallow
Related Words: change

4. (verb) make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"
Synonyms: shallow
Related Words: alter, change

5. (noun) a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"
Synonyms: school
Related Words: animal group

6. (satellite adjective) full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters"
Synonyms: reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly



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