Shoal
11shoal — Ⅰ. shoal [1] ► NOUN 1) a large number of fish swimming together. 2) informal, chiefly Brit. a large number of people. ► VERB ▪ (of fish) form shoals. ORIGIN probably from Dutch sch le troop …
12shoal — index plurality, superficial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13shoal — [ ʃoul ] noun count 1. ) a group of fish that swim together 2. ) a small hill on the bottom of the ocean that can be dangerous for boats …
14shoal|y — «SHOH lee», adjective. full of shoals or shallow places: »a shoaly channel …
15Shoal — Bar (landform) redirects here. For other uses, see Bar (disambiguation)#Landforms. Sandbank redirects here. For other uses, see Sandbank (disambiguation). For other uses, see Shoal (disambiguation). Sandbar between St. Agnes and Gugh on the Isles …
16shoal — English has two distinct words shoal. ‘Shallow area’ [16] is descended from the Old English adjective sceald ‘shallow’, which in turn came from prehistoric Germanic *skaldaz. (English shallow [15] is related, although it is not clear precisely… …
17shoal — {{11}}shoal (1) place of shallow water, c.1300, from O.E. schealde (adj.), from sceald shallow, from P.Gmc. *skala (Cf. Swed. skäll thin; Low Ger. schol, Fris. skol not deep ). The terminal d was dropped 16c. {{12}}shoal (2) …
18shoal — UK [ʃəʊl] / US [ʃoʊl] noun [countable] Word forms shoal : singular shoal plural shoals 1) a group of fish that swim together 2) a small hill on the bottom of the sea that can be dangerous for boats …
19shoal — I [[t]ʃoʊl[/t]] n. 1) a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow 2) a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one visible at low tide 3) (of water) shallow 4) to become shallow or more shallow 5) to make… …
20shoal — I. /ʃoʊl / (say shohl) noun 1. a place where a body of water is shallow. 2. a sandbank or sandbar in the bed of a body of water, especially one which shows at low water. –adjective 3. of little depth, as water; shallow. –verb (i) 4. to become… …
