shoal reef

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• shoal — n Shoal, bank, reef, bar can all mean a shallow place in a body of water. In ordinary use Shoal is applied to a shallow place, especially one that is difficult to navigate {dangerous shoals in uncharted waters} Bank, often as the plural banks, is …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Reef Islands (Salomonen) — Reef Islands NASA Austronautenbild der Reef Islands (Anm.: Norden ist rechts im Bild.) Gewässer …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• reef — [n] underwater or partially submerged ledge atoll, bank, bar, beach, cay, coral reef, ridge, rock, rock barrier, sand bar, shoal, skerry; concept 509 …   New thesaurus

• reef — n *shoal, bank, bar …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Shoal — 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 …   Wikipedia

• Reef Islands — The Reef Islands are a loose collection of islands in the northwestern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. These islands have historically also been known by the names of Swallow Islands and Matema Islands.The islands lie about 80 km… …   Wikipedia

• reef — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sandbar, shoal, bank, ledge. See convexity, shallowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ridge, shoal, bar, sand bar, rock, bank, beach, coral reef, atoll, ledge, rock barrier. See Synonym Study at shoal .… …   English dictionary for students

• shoal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. school, multitude, host, horde; shallow, sandbar. See assemblage, lowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reef, sandbank, sand bar, shallow, shallow water, underwater knoll, bank, bar, mudflat; see also reef …   English dictionary for students

• reef — Synonyms and related words: ait, archipelago, arrest, atoll, backpedal, backwater, bank, bar, bill, brake, breakwater, cape, cay, check, chersonese, clear the decks, clip the wings, consider every angle, continental island, coral head, coral… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Shoal (disambiguation) — Things known as shoal, shoals or shoaling include: * Shoal, a sandbank or reef creating shallow water, especially where it forms a hazard to shipping * Shoal draught (or draft), of a boat with shallow draught which can pass over some shoals *… …   Wikipedia

• shoal — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, ankle deep, army, bank, bar, barrier, bevy, bunch, cloud, clutter, colony, coral heads, coral reef, covey, cursory, depthless, drift, drive, drove, epidermal, flat, flight, flock, flocks, ford,… …   Moby Thesaurus