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shoal

adjective

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  1. lacking significant physical depth shoal waters of the bay meant that our ship had to be moored a considerable distance from shore Synonyms depthless, shallowRelated Words skin-deep, superficial, surface; fathomable, measurable; finite, limited, measured, restricted; even, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plane, smooth; two-dimensionalNear Antonyms abysmal, abyssal, bottomless, boundless, endless, immeasurable, inestimable, infinite, limitless, measureless, profound, unfathomable, unlimited, vast; navigableAntonyms deep

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shoal

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Synonyms and Antonyms of shoal

  1. 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

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