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Definition shoal

Etymology 1

From Middle English schold, scholde, from Old English sceald (“shallow”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skalidaz, past participle of *skaljan? (“to go dry, dry up, become shallow”), from *skalaz (“parched, shallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh?- (“to dry out”). Cognate with Low German Scholl (“shallow water”), German schal (“stale, flat, vapid”). Compare shallow.

Adjective

shoal (comparative more shoal, superlative most shoal)

  1. (now rare) Shallow.
Noun

shoal (plural shoals)

  1. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
  2. A shallow in a body of water.
Verb

shoal (third-person singular simple present shoals, present participle shoaling, simple past and past participle shoaled)

  1. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
  2. To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
  3. To become shallow.

Etymology 2

1570, presumably from Middle English *schole (“school of fish”), from Old English sceolu, scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, division of army, school of fish”), from Proto-Germanic *skul? (“crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to divide, split, separate”). Cognate with West Frisian skoal (“shoal”), Middle Low German sch?le (“multitude, troop”), Dutch school (“shoal of fishes”).

Noun

shoal (plural shoals)

  1. Any large number of persons or things.
  2. (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
Verb

shoal (third-person singular simple present shoals, present participle shoaling, simple past and past participle shoaled)

  1. To collect in a shoal; to throng.

Results 304 Words with the letters SHOAL

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ALSO 5
HALO 7
HOLS 7
LASH 7
SOLA 5
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AHS 5
ALS 4
ASH 5
HAO 5
HAS 5
LAS 4
OHS 5
SAL 4
SHA 5
SOL 4
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AH 4
AL 3
AS 2
HA 4
HO 4
LA 3
LO 3
OH 4
OS 2
SH 4
SO 2

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