What Does Shoals Mean?

In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface.

What is the meaning of shoals in English?

1 : a place where a sea, lake, or river is shallow. 2 : a mound or ridge of sand just below the surface of the water. shoal. noun.

What noun is shoal?

The noun shoal can be used to refer to a group of fish or an area of shallow water. So when you're navigating a shoal in your row boat, you might look down and see a shoal of fish swimming out of the way. ... The word also has a verb form that describes water that gets shallow: it shoals.

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