Is shoal a collective or abstract noun?

Answer 1

Shoal is a collective noun. It is the collective noun for fish. A shoal of fish.

Answer 2

The noun 'shoal' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a large group of fish; a word for an area of shallow water, especially as a hazard to navigation; a word for a thing.

The noun 'shoal' also functions as a collective noun for a 'shoal of fish'.

Answer 3

The word 'shoal' is believed to have come from Middle Dutch schole (a group of fish or other animals).

In English, the noun 'shoal' is a standard collective noun for a shoal of fish.

Answer 4

Shoal is a collective noun for fish.

Answer 5

The noun 'shoal' is a concrete noun as a word for an area of shallow water as a navigational hazard; and a large number of fish swimming together, a collective noun.

Answer 6

Collective