CORAL REEF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("coral reef" is a kind of...):

reef (a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coral reef"):

atoll (an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon)

barrier reef (a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore)

cay; Florida key; key (a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida)

Instance hyponyms:

Great Barrier Reef (the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia)