Definition of shoal

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Shoal (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow..

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Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners..
Shoaled :: Shoaled (imp. & p. p.) of Shoa.
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
Skull :: Skull (n.) A school, company, or shoal..
Buoy :: Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass..
Balker :: Balker (n.) A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer..
Shoaly :: Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places..
Schooling :: Schooling (a.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.
Shoaling :: Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoa.
Shoaliness :: Shoaliness (n.) The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..
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..
School :: School (n.) A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow..
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..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..
Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
Shole :: Shole (n.) See Shoal.
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