Shoal Definition & Meaning

shoal
noun
  1. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
  2. a stretch of shallow water
  3. a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"
verb
  1. make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"
  2. become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"

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