Origin: Latin
suffix -al
Shoal has 10 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
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"
4
A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
5
Any large number of persons or things.
Verb
1
make shallow
"The silt shallowed the canal"
2
become shallow
"the lake shallowed over time"
3
To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
4
To collect in a shoal; to throng.
Adjective
Example Sentences
"a school of small glittering fish swam by"
noun
"The silt shallowed the canal"
verb
"the lake shallowed over time"
verb
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)