Shoal Synonyms

shōl
A shallow part of a body of water
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reef
  2. shallow
  3. bank
  4. bar
  5. sandbank
  6. school
  7. sand-bar
  8. bar.--a. shallow
  9. underwater knoll
  10. crowd
  11. flock
  12. group
  13. horde
  14. mass
  15. mudflat
  16. sandbar
Become shallow
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shallow
Measuring little from bottom to top or surface
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. shallow

Words Related to Shoal

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. surface
  2. shore
  3. glassfish
  4. conger
  5. tarpon
  6. lugworm
  7. jewfish
  8. ragworm
  9. coral-heads
  10. butterfish
  11. trevally

Shoal Sentence Examples

  • There was a shoal of mackerel in the area.

  • Blood spilled at sea will turn away the white fish shoal.

  • An elevation of small extent is distinguished as a " dome " when it is more than 100 fathoms from the surface, a " bank " when it is nearer the surface than 100 fathoms but deeper than 6 fathoms, and a " shoal " when it comes within 6 fathoms of the surface and so becomes a serious danger to shipping.

  • Some of the sandbanks are dry; and no part of the shoal has a greater depth than 3 or 4 ft.

  • On the 28th of September the first real battle of the war was fought off the Kentish Knock, a shoal opposite the coast of Essex.

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