Transcription
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- [shohl]
- /ʃoʊl/
- /ʃəʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shohl]
- /ʃoʊl/
Definitions of shoal word
- noun shoal any large number of persons or things. 1
- noun shoal a school of fish. 1
- adjective shoal of little depth, as water; shallow. 1
- verb without object shoal to collect in a shoal; throng. 1
- verb with object shoal to cause to become shallow. 1
- verb with object shoal Nautical. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel). 1
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Origin of shoal
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (adj.) Middle English (Scots) shald, Old English sceald shallow; (noun and v.) derivative of the adj.
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Parts of speech for Shoal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shoal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shoal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shoal
noun shoal
- coral reef — A coral reef is a long narrow mass of coral and other substances, the top of which is usually just above or just below the surface of the sea.
- lagoon — an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes. Compare laguna.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
adj shoal
verb shoal
- fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
adjective shoal
- depthless — immeasurably deep; fathomless
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