SHOAL


Meaning of SHOAL in English

n. & v. --n. 1 a great number of fish swimming together (cf. SCHOOL(2)). 2 a multitude; a crowd (shoals of letters). --v.intr. (of fish) form shoals. [prob. re-adoption of MDu. schole SCHOOL(2)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.