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shoal

noun verb

a large group of fish

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Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
L
Contains
HO
Scrabble score
8

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noun

  1. a large group of fish

    “a school of small glittering fish swam by”

noun

  1. a stretch of shallow water

noun

  1. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

verb

  1. become shallow

    “the lake shallowed over time”

verb

  1. make shallow

    “The silt shallowed the canal”

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Example Sentences

a school of small glittering fish swam by
the lake shallowed over time
The silt shallowed the canal

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