REEF


Meaning of REEF in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

barrier reef

coral reef

reef knot

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

coral

Many of them were the tops of volcanoes poking out of the ocean, and most were surrounded by deadly coral reefs .

This is true whether you are in a desert or a forest or swimming on a coral reef .

To seaward, bright tropical fish dance in the coral reefs .

The coral sand surrounding coral reefs is believed to be mostly produced by Parrotfish and Triggerfish.

Five years after Gomez launched the coral reef , it is only now configuring itself into self-sustenance.

The beautiful coral reefs are being destroyed by local people selling mementoes to tourists.

Where does the synthetic coral reef end and the chanting wave machine begin?

■ NOUN

barrier

In detail barrier reefs consist of whole series of individual reefs and may have small islands on them.

Thus, the fringing reef would be changed into a barrier reef and finally into an atoll if the island subsided completely.

In fact islands with multiple barrier reefs are unknown, although a very few double reefs are known.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the Great Barrier Reef

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

For a moment Trent thought of letting the whole damn lot of them go up on the reef .

Have you ever seen an ocean wave pass over a submerged reef ?

It was near the ocean and Heather could hear the waves crashing on the reef from where she lay in the bed.

Large shoals may be found on quite shallow reefs or close to the walls of steep drop-offs beyond the protecting reef.

Like most of the true crabs they can be very destructive in the reef tank.

They look as although they belong in a warm and sunny tropical coral reef rather than the dark and cold abyss.

Where does the synthetic coral reef end and the chanting wave machine begin?

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