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Adjective
/SHōl/,
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shoals, plural;
  1. (of water) Shallow

Verb
  1. (of water) Become shallower

Noun
  1. An area of shallow water, esp. as a navigational hazard

  2. A submerged sandbank visible at low water

  3. A hidden danger or difficulty
    • - he alone could safely guide them through Hollywood's treacherous shoals
  1. shallow: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"
  2. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
  3. a stretch of shallow water
  4. school: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"
  5. A shoal, sandbar (or just bar in context), or gravelbar is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles. A spit or sandspit is a type of shoal. ...
  6. In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons are said to be shoaling (pronounced), and if, in addition, the group is swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner, they are said to be schooling (pronounced). ...
  7. (The Shoals) The Shoals is a metropolitan area in northwestern Alabama, officially known as the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area, including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, and the counties of Lauderdale and Colbert. The population is around 143,000.
  8. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow; To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area; To cause a shallowing; Shallow
  9. (Shoals) shallow areas in the bed of a river that disturb the flow.
  10. A submerged ridge, bank, or bar.
  11. a shallow area, often an underwater sandbar; sometimes also refers to an island or group of islands
  12. an underwater area covered by shallow water which may endanger boats.
  13. a shallow location, such as over a sandbank, often home to large numbers of schooling fish. These schools of fish are sometimes called shoals themselves.
  14. an area of the sea that is shallow, especially at low tide.
  15. Shallows caused by a sand bar or sand bank, especially those which may be exposed at low water. Swift current shoals are also known as riffles.
  16. A shallow area in a body of water.
  17. (1) (noun) A detached area of any material except rock or coral. The DEPTHS over it are a danger to surface navigation. Similar continental or insular shelf features of greater DEPTHS are usually termed BANKS. (2) (verb) To become shallow gradually. (3) To cause to become shallow. ...
  18. Shallow, literary, theological. (By extension, Columbia, Harvard, Yale and some other universities are sometimes called shoal-marks.)
  19. a relatively shallow place in a stream, lake, or sea.
  20. (2) An underwater sand bar or hill that has its top near the surface.
  21. A place in the sea where the water is shallow and difficult to navigate
  22. a place where the depth of water is shallow, especially where the seafloor (eg: sandbank, sand bar) is visible at low tide. Also, a large number of things, as a school of fish or throng of people.
  23. a shallow area of a river or lake usually created by a submerged sandbar but may also be created by gravel or other sediment.
  24. A place where a body of water suddenly shallows, usually exposing a sand bar or rock formation at low tide.
  25. A ridge or bar made up of mud, sand or gravel sediments.