Shoal — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

a stretch of shallow water

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʃˈoʊl/

🇬🇧British English

/ʃˈəʊl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʃˈəʊl/

1 syllable Say it as /ʃˈoʊl/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

school shallow

Parts of Speech

noun	a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
noun	a stretch of shallow water
noun	a large group of fish “a school of small glittering fish swam by”
verb	make shallow “The silt shallowed the canal”
verb	become shallow “the lake shallowed over time”

Word Forms

shoaly	adjective	full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
shoal	verb	become shallow
shallow	adjective	lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
shallow	verb	become shallow
school	verb	swim in or form a large group of fish
shallow	noun	a stretch of shallow water
shoal	noun	a stretch of shallow water

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schwarm

eine Sandbank in einem Gewässer, die bei Ebbe sichtbar ist

🇫🇷French

haut-fond

un banc de sable dans un plan d'eau visible à marée basse

🇪🇸Spanish

banco

Un banco de arena en una extensión de agua que es visible durante la marea baja.

🇮🇹Italian

banco

banco di sabbia in uno specchio d'acqua visibile durante la bassa marea

🇳🇱Dutch

ondiepte

een zandbank in een waterstrook die bij eb zichtbaar is

🇵🇹Portuguese

cardume

um banco de areia em um trecho de água visível na maré baixa

🇷🇺Russian

мелководье

песчаная отмеля на участке воды, видимая во время отлива

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छिछला हो जाना

पानी के विस्तार में एक रेत का टीला जो कम ज्वार के समय दिखाई देता है

🇧🇩Bengali

শোল

ভাটার সময় দৃশ্যমান জলের একটি প্রসারিত বালির তীর

🇮🇳Tamil

மண்வெட்டி

குறைந்த அலையில் தெரியும் நீரின் நீளத்தில் ஒரு மணற்பரப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

పొట్టు

తక్కువ ఆటుపోట్ల వద్ద కనిపించే నీటి విస్తీర్ణంలో ఇసుక తీరం

🇮🇳Marathi

शोल

कमी भरतीच्या वेळी दिसणारा पाण्याचा एक भाग

🇮🇳Gujarati

શોલ

પાણીના પટમાં રેતીનો કાંઠો જે નીચી ભરતી વખતે દેખાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೊಪ್ಪು

ಕಡಿಮೆ ಉಬ್ಬರವಿಳಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ಗೋಚರಿಸುವ ನೀರಿನ ವಿಸ್ತಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮರಳಿನ ದಂಡೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഷോൾ

താഴ്ന്ന വേലിയേറ്റത്തിൽ ദൃശ്യമാകുന്ന ഒരു മണൽത്തീരം

🇵🇰Urdu

شوال

پانی کے ایک حصے میں ایک ریت کا کنارہ جو کم جوار پر نظر آتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

浅滩

低潮时可见的一片水域中的沙洲

🇯🇵Japanese

浅瀬

干潮時に見える水域の砂州

🇰🇷Korean

얕은

썰물 때 눈에 보이는 물가에 있는 모래톱

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bãi cạn

một bãi cát trong một vùng nước có thể nhìn thấy khi thủy triều xuống

🇹🇭Thai

ตื้นเขิน

สันทรายในน้ำที่มองเห็นได้เมื่อน้ำลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kawanan

gumuk pasir di hamparan air yang terlihat saat air surut

🇲🇾Malay

beting

tebing pasir di hamparan air yang kelihatan pada air surut

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المياه الضحلة

ضفة رملية في امتداد من المياه يمكن رؤيتها عند انخفاض المد

🇮🇷Persian

زیره

یک ساحل شنی در امتداد آب که در جزر و مد قابل مشاهده است

🇹🇷Turkish

sürü

gelgitte görülebilen bir su şeridindeki kum havuzu

🇮🇱Hebrew

לַהֲקָה

גדת חול ברצועת מים הנראית בשפל

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