Overview of noun shoal

The noun shoal has 3 senses

• shoal -- (a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide)


• shoal, shallow -- (a stretch of shallow water)


• school, shoal -- (a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by")

Overview of verb shoal

The verb shoal has 2 senses

• shallow, shoal -- (make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal")


• shallow, shoal -- (become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time")