noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
barrier reef
coral reef
reef knot
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
coral
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Many of them were the tops of volcanoes poking out of the ocean, and most were surrounded by deadly coral reefs .
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This is true whether you are in a desert or a forest or swimming on a coral reef .
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To seaward, bright tropical fish dance in the coral reefs .
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The coral sand surrounding coral reefs is believed to be mostly produced by Parrotfish and Triggerfish.
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Five years after Gomez launched the coral reef , it is only now configuring itself into self-sustenance.
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The beautiful coral reefs are being destroyed by local people selling mementoes to tourists.
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Where does the synthetic coral reef end and the chanting wave machine begin?
■ NOUN
barrier
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In detail barrier reefs consist of whole series of individual reefs and may have small islands on them.
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Thus, the fringing reef would be changed into a barrier reef and finally into an atoll if the island subsided completely.
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In fact islands with multiple barrier reefs are unknown, although a very few double reefs are known.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the Great Barrier Reef
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a moment Trent thought of letting the whole damn lot of them go up on the reef .
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Have you ever seen an ocean wave pass over a submerged reef ?
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It was near the ocean and Heather could hear the waves crashing on the reef from where she lay in the bed.
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Large shoals may be found on quite shallow reefs or close to the walls of steep drop-offs beyond the protecting reef.
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Like most of the true crabs they can be very destructive in the reef tank.
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They look as although they belong in a warm and sunny tropical coral reef rather than the dark and cold abyss.
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Where does the synthetic coral reef end and the chanting wave machine begin?