The Meaning of shoal

• (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.
• (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.
• (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
• (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
• (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
• (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
• (v. t.) To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.

Synonyms

shallow , school , shallow , shallow

Homophones

schaul , shole

Rhymes

amphibole , anatole , atoll , bankroll , blowhole , boal , boehl , bohl , bole , boll , bowl , buol , buttonhole , cajole , casserole , charcoal , coal , coale , cole , colle , console , control , cubbyhole , decontrol , devaul , dhole , dipole , doell , dole , droll , ecole , enroll , espanol , extol , fishbowl , flagpole , foal , foale , fohl , foxhole , glycerol , glycol , goal , gohl , groll , hoel , hohl , hole , interpol , keyhole , knoell , knoll , koehl , koelle , kohl , kol , kole , lodgepole , loophole , madole , manhole , mcdole , metropol , mohl , mole , monopole , nicole , nicolle , nohl , nole , noll , ohl , ole , oriole , pajole , parole , patrol , payroll , pfohl , pigeonhole , pinhole , pistole , poehl , pohl , pole , poll , pothole , redpoll , rock-and-roll , roehl , roell , roelle , rohl , rol , role , roll , rolle , schaul , scroll , self-control , seoul , shole , sinkhole , skoal , sohl , sole , soul , sowle , stole , stoll , strohl , strole , stroll , tadpole , thoele , thole , toal , toelle , tole , toll , troll , voell , walpole , whole , woehl , wohl