Definition of shoal

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Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass..

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Spit :: Spit (n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand..
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
School :: School (n.) A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish..
Schooling :: Schooling (a.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.
Shoal :: Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water..
Overfall :: Overfall (n.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow..
Light-ship :: Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal..
Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..
Shoaled :: Shoaled (imp. & p. p.) of Shoa.
Scull :: Scull (n.) A shoal of fish.
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
Shoaling :: Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.
Shoaliness :: Shoaliness (n.) The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand..
Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Shoaling :: Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoa.
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place..
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