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coral reef

coral reef noun: a reef formed by compacted coral skeletons.

Noun

coral reef (plural coral reefs)

  1. A reef formed by compacted coral skeletons

coral reef meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

coral reef in Hindi

mound or hummock of coral
मूँगा चट्टान mūṅgā caṭṭān

coral reef in Tamil

பவழப்பாறை, பவளப் பாறைத் தொடர், முருகைப்பார்த்தொடர்

coral reef in Marathi

mound or hummock of coral
प्रवाळाची बेट pravāḷācī beṭ

coral reef in Bengali

mound or hummock of coral
প্রবাল প্রাচীর probal pracir
More languagesFewer languages
coral reef in Punjabi
ਮੂੰਗਾ ਚਟਾਨ mūṅgā caṭān
coral reef in Gujarati
પરવળાનો ટાપુ parvaḷāno ṭāpu
coral reef in Assamese
প্ৰবাল প্ৰাচীৰ probal prasir
coral reef in Tagalog
bahura
coral reef in Malay
terumbu karang
coral reef in Persian
آبسنگ مرجانی âbsang-e marjâni
coral reef in Thai
พืดหินปะการัง pʉ̂ʉt-hǐn-bpà-gaa-rang
coral reef in Vietnamese
rạn san hô
coral reef in Myanmar
သန္တာကျောက်တန်း santa-kyauktan:

Forms of coral reef

pluralcoral reefs

Questions about coral reef

What does coral reef mean?
Coral reef means a reef formed by compacted coral skeletons.
What is coral reef in Hindi?
Coral reef in Hindi is मूँगा चट्टान (mūṅgā caṭṭān). See Coral reef meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is coral reef?
Coral reef is a noun.
What is the plural of coral reef?
The plural of coral reef is coral reefs.

Words near coral reef in the dictionary

  1. coral necklace
  2. coral plant
  3. coral plants
  4. coral rag
  5. coral rags
  6. coral reef
  7. coral reefs
  8. Coral Sea
  9. coral snake
  10. coral snakes
  11. Coral Springs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coral reef (page history and authors); coral reef (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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