shallow place in a stream (noun)

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• shoal —    1) (noun)     a) A relatively shallow place in a stream, lake, sea, or other body of water; a shallows.     b) A natural, subaqueous ridge, bank, or bar consisting of, or covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, rising from the bed… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• ford — noun a shallow place in a river or stream that can be crossed on foot or in a vehicle. verb cross at a ford. Derivatives fordable adjective fordless adjective Origin OE, of W. Gmc origin; related to fare …   English new terms dictionary

• ford — ► NOUN ▪ a shallow place in a river or stream where it can be crossed. ► VERB ▪ cross at a ford. DERIVATIVES fordable adjective fordless adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to FARE(Cf. ↑fare) …   English terms dictionary

• fordable — ford ► NOUN ▪ a shallow place in a river or stream where it can be crossed. ► VERB ▪ cross at a ford. DERIVATIVES fordable adjective fordless adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to FARE(Cf. ↑fare) …   English terms dictionary

• fordless — ford ► NOUN ▪ a shallow place in a river or stream where it can be crossed. ► VERB ▪ cross at a ford. DERIVATIVES fordable adjective fordless adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to FARE(Cf. ↑fare) …   English terms dictionary

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

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• Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …   Universalium

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• Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …   Universalium

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