SHOAL

Shoal

A shoal, sandbar, sandbank or gravelbar is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles. A spit or sandspit is a type of shoal. Shoals are characteristically long and narrow and develop where a stream or ocean current promotes deposition of granular material, resulting in localized shallowing of the water. Shoals can appear in the sea, in a lake, or in a river. Alternatively a bar may separate a lake from the sea, as in the case of an ayre. They are typically composed of sand, although could be of any ...

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shoal

Noun

  1. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
  2. A shallow in a body of water.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Any large number of persons or things.
  2. A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.

Verb

  1. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
  2. To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
    A ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep. — Marryat.
  3. To become shallow.
    The colour of the water shows where it shoals.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To collect in a shoal; to throng.
    The fishes shoaled about the place.

Adjective

  1. Shallow.
    shoal water


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