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plural of shallow

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a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow
  • we waded through the shallows looking for tadpoles

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“Shallows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallows. Accessed 5 Aug. 2021.

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