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shoal (noun)

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  • shoal — 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 …   English terms dictionary

  • shoal mark — noun An indication of shoal water • • • Main Entry: ↑shoal …   Useful english dictionary

  • shoal water — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑shoal …   Useful english dictionary

  • shoal — [ 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 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shoal duck — noun Etymology: shoal (II) New England : eider duck …   Useful english dictionary

  • shoal|i|ness — «SHOH lee nihs», noun. shoaly condition …   Useful english dictionary

  • shoal — noun (C) 1 a large group of fish swimming together 2 a small hill of sand just below the surface of water that makes it dangerous for boats …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • shoal — 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… …  

  • shoal — 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 …   English dictionary

  • shoal — I. adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English shold, from Old English sceald more at skeleton Date: circa 1554 shallow II. noun Date: 1555 1. shallow 2. a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow III …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shoal — 1) a social group of fish, e.g. in shallow water or at the surface, cf. school where synchronised swimming is the criterion 2) a submerged ridge, bank, or bar covered by mud, sand or gravel which is at or near enough to the water surface to… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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