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Shoals

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of shoal, referring to areas of shallow water or sandbanks that may be visible at low tide.

The navigator carefully steered around the shoals marked in red on the chart.

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sandbanksshallowsreefsbars

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