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  • 11shallow — 1. adjective /ˈʃaləʊ,ˈʃæl.oʊ/ a) Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. This crater is relatively shallow b) Extending not far downward. Saute the onions in a shallow pan Ant: deep 2 …

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  • 12shallow — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 of little depth. 2 superficial, trivial (a shallow mind). n. (often in pl.) a shallow place. v.intr. & tr. become or make shallow. Derivatives: shallowly adv. shallowness n. Etymology: ME, prob. rel. to schald, OE sceald… …

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  • 13shoal — 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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  • 14shoal — 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 …

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  • 15shoal — 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… …

  • 16shoal — shoal1 [shōl] n. [via dial. < OE scolu, multitude, school of fish, akin to Du school < IE * skēl < base * (s)kel , to cut > SHIELD] 1. a large group; mass; crowd 2. a large school of fish vi. to come together in or move about as a… …

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  • 17Mackenzie River — River system, Northwest Territories, Canada. It flows northward from Great Slave Lake into the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Its basin, with an area of 697,000 sq mi (1,805,200 sq km), is the largest in Canada. It is 1,025 mi (1,650 km) long… …

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  • 19shoal — 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… …

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