shoal

shoal

noun

Definition of SHOAL

a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow <the shoals off Nantucket Island are famous as the final resting places of many ill-fated ships>

Synonyms ford, shallow(s)

Related Words bank, bar, sandbank, sandbar, towhead

Near Antonyms trench; abyss, deep, depth, gulf