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Dictionary  shoalPronunciation: (shōl), [key] —n. 1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow. 2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide. —adj. of little depth, as water; shallow. —v.i. to become shallow or more shallow. —v.t. 1. to cause to become shallow. 2. Naut.to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel). shoalPronunciation: (shōl), [key] —n. 1. any large number of persons or things. 2. a school of fish. —v.i. to collect in a shoal; throng. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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