Shoal

Quick meaning: Shoal is an adjective meaning (now rare) Shallow.

Meaning

(now rare) Shallow.

More Meanings

1. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
2. A shallow in a body of water.
3. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
4. (transitive) To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
5. To become shallow.
6. Any large number of persons or things.
7. (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.

Example Sentences

Noting the rate at which she shoals her water -[…]

Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, / And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour.

The god himself with ready trident stands, / And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, / Then heaves them off the shoals.

The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to sun themselves in and to lay their spawn.

Word Forms

• shoaler
• shoalest
• shole
• shoald
• shold
• shoals
• shoaling
• shoaled

Synonyms for shoal

Depending on context, synonyms include sandbar, sandbank, school, bank, bar, shallow.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shoaly, shelfy, shelvy, reefy, shallow, school.

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