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Meanings of shoal in English

Russian
бар
Portuguese
banco de areia
Spanish
banco arenoso
Catalan
banc de sorra
Wikidata

Natural submerged sandbank that rises from a body of water to near the surface.

бар
Portuguese
colégio do brasil
Catalan
banc
Spanish
banco

Group of a large number of fish (or other sea animals, such as dolphins or whales), normally from the same species, that swim together.

colégio do brasil
Portuguese
barra

A stretch of shallow water.

barra
Usage of shoal in English
1
Then the nets are put out in the path of the shoal.
Within the Deep / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII...
2
The water was shoal and the Indians waded off to the boats.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora / Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of...
3
A shoal of naked-shouldered men are swimming and splashing in the surf.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22...
4
There are usually many pollock on the shoal in fall and winter.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
5
Unfortunately the shoal of fish did not remain long in our vicinity.
The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passeng...
6
On the shoal parts the bottom is of sharp rocks and broken.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
7
We warped the Sea Spell off the shoal and found her uninjured.
Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
8
We crossed the shoal which joins Tobago to the island of Grenada.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
9
Petroleum-spring gushing from a shoal to the north of the Caracas Islands.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
10
Chadwick with admirable judgment-andsank in shoal water and may be saved.
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
11
You have got out of your channel, and are in shoal water.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
12
Farther in are two shoal spots bearing nearly west from Eastern Point.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
13
The entrance of this inlet is shoal and only passable for boats.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
14
Here the coast is low and sandy, and is of shoal approach.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
15
New Zealand feasted on Ireland's mistakes like a shoal of starving piranhas.
Radio NZ
16
She won't want to mount the reef; a boat hates shoal water.
Life on the Mississippi
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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