Definition of shallow

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Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

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Shallowness :: Shallowness (n.) Quality or state of being shallow.
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals..
Superficiary :: Superficialize (v. t.) To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way..
Shim :: Shim (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds..
Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery..
Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships..
Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo..
Shoaling :: Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
Back :: Back (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc..
Crateriform :: Crateriform (a.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.
Pated :: Pated (a.) Having a pate; -- used only in composition; as, long-pated; shallow-pated..
Tray :: Tray (n.) A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles..
Lacunous :: Lacunous (a.) Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunae; as, a lacunose leaf..
Bedpan :: Bedpan (n.) A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed..
Glenoid :: Glenoid (a.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates..
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep in tone.
Dishallow :: Dishallow (v. t.) To make unholy; to profane.
Cupel :: Cupel (n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime)..
Sink :: Sink (n.) A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen..
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