Synonyms for shoal

Grammar : Noun

Spell : shohl

Phonetic Transcription : ʃoʊl

Définition of shoal

Origin : "place of shallow water," c.1300, from Old English schealde (adj.), from sceald "shallow," from Proto-Germanic *skala- (cf. Swedish skäll "thin;" Low German schol, Frisian skol "not deep"), of uncertain origin. The terminal -d was dropped 16c.

noun sandbar

Example sentences :

Shoal water, deep water, it seemed all the same to our fortunes.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

She waded forward to where the shoal ended and the deeper part began.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I'd ruther have 'em high-water than shoal in the middle of the channel.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I pushed with all my might and, slowly and jerkily, the dingy slid off the shoal.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

We were being driven by the wind away from the shoal, but not fast enough.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

If I had an oar or somethin' to steer this clipper with, maybe we could git into shoal water.
Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Juddy, there's a shoal of mullet in the bay, and I think they're foul of your screws.
Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling

The proximity of shoal water was now quite apparent on the vessel.
Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

The last was taken a hundred miles to the eastward of George's Shoal.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various

A roach snapped idly at him as he floundered past the shoal.
Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019