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  • 51shoal — {{11}}shoal (1) place of shallow water, c.1300, from O.E. schealde (adj.), from sceald shallow, from P.Gmc. *skala (Cf. Swed. skäll thin; Low Ger. schol, Fris. skol not deep ). The terminal d was dropped 16c. {{12}}shoal (2) …

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  • 52shoal — UK [ʃəʊl] / US [ʃoʊl] noun [countable] Word forms shoal : singular shoal plural shoals 1) a group of fish that swim together 2) a small hill on the bottom of the sea that can be dangerous for boats …

    English dictionary

  • 53shoal — I [[t]ʃoʊl[/t]] n. 1) a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow 2) a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one visible at low tide 3) (of water) shallow 4) to become shallow or more shallow 5) to make… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 54shoal — I. /ʃoʊl / (say shohl) noun 1. a place where a body of water is shallow. 2. a sandbank or sandbar in the bed of a body of water, especially one which shows at low water. –adjective 3. of little depth, as water; shallow. –verb (i) 4. to become… …

  • 55shoal — žuvų tuntas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Didelis žuvų būrys. atitikmenys: angl. school; school of fish; shoal; shoal of fish vok. Fischschwarm, m rus. косяк рыбы, m; скопление рыбы, n …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 56shoal of fish — žuvų tuntas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Didelis žuvų būrys. atitikmenys: angl. school; school of fish; shoal; shoal of fish vok. Fischschwarm, m rus. косяк рыбы, m; скопление рыбы, n …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 57shoal — English has two distinct words shoal. ‘Shallow area’ [16] is descended from the Old English adjective sceald ‘shallow’, which in turn came from prehistoric Germanic *skaldaz. (English shallow [15] is related, although it is not clear precisely… …

    Word origins

  • 58shoal — A sandbank or bar that makes water shoal; i.e., a sand bank that is not rocky and on which there is a water depth of 6 fathoms or less …

    Military dictionary

  • 59shoal — I. adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English shold, from Old English sceald more at skeleton Date: circa 1554 shallow II. noun Date: 1555 1. shallow 2. a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow III …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 60shoal — shoal1 /shohl/, n. 1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow. 2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide. adj. 3. of little depth, as water;… …

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