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   Shoal

   /SHōl/

   

   noun

   • 1. an area of shallow water, especially as a navigational hazard: "we clawed our way out from the Bahamian shoals into the deep waters of the Atlantic"
   • ▪ a submerged sandbank visible at low water.
   • ▪ a hidden danger or difficulty: "he alone could safely guide them through Hollywood's treacherous shoals"

   verb

   • 1. (of water) become shallower: "the water shoals reasonably gently, and the swimming is safe"

   adjective

   • 1. (of water) shallow: dialect North American "crabs will move to shoaler water when the current changes"

   Word Origin Old Englishsceald (adjective), of Germanic origin; related to shallow.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shoaly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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