Shoal - definition, pronunciation, transcription

Amer. |ʃəʊl|

Brit. |ʃəʊl|

- a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
- a stretch of shallow water (syn: shallow)
- a large group of fish (syn: school)

- make shallow (syn: shallow)
- become shallow (syn: shallow)

...shoal waters of the bay meant that our ship had to be moored a considerable distance from shore...

Tourists visit the city in shoals.

A shoal of fish swam past heading for the open sea (=part of the sea away from land).

noun
singular: shoal
plural: shoals