shoal

[US]/ʃəʊl/
[UK]/ʃoʊl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a large number of fish swimming together; a shallow place in a body of water
vi. become shallow
vt. make shallow
adj. having little depth

Phrases & Collocations

shoal of fish

shoal water

shoal area

shoal bank

shoal hazard

shoal depth

Example Sentences

a shoal of bream.

shoals of silvery fish.

The approach to the harbor was shoaled in the storm.

Liverpool are again without a shoal of injured defenders.

threaded through the shoals and sandbars.

The river shoals suddenly here from eight to two fathoms.

Hesperornis was a speedy swimmer, taking short dives to feed on shoals of fish or other passing food.

They swam in brilliant shoals, like rains of glittering dust, throughout the greenstone depths - hapuku, manga, kahawai, tamure, moki, and warehou - herded by shark or mango ururoa.

I were not unprepare notd for jagged rocks and treacITous, shoals it I have to only HAs alter-alter and the excitement of unforeseeing.

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