In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the …

The meaning of SHOAL is shallow. How to use shoal in a sentence.

Shoal, accumulation of sediment in a river channel or on a continental shelf that is potentially dangerous to ships. On the continental shelf it is conventionally taken to be less than 10 m (33 …

shoal 1 (ʃoʊl) 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 visible at low tide.

Nov 2, 2017 · The term shoal is commonly used in earth sciences, oceanography and geomorphology to refer to a natural submerged bar, bank, or ridge which is made up of …

Nov 28, 2025 · A shoal is a submerged ridge, bank, or bar consisting of unconsolidated sediment (sand, gravel, or mud) that rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface; its …

SHOAL definition: a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow. See examples of shoal used in a sentence.

Shoal Creek opened for Member play in July of 1977, but the official opening of the course would be some four months later. On Tuesday, November 1, 1977, a crowd of 2,000 people watched …

A shoal of fish, a swarm of locusts, and a colony of ants can all act as superorganisms, where the group as a whole makes collective decisions.

Definition of shoal noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.